The California Gold Rush: An Interactive History Adventure

The California Gold Rush: An Interactive History Adventure

by Elizabeth Raum
The California Gold Rush: An Interactive History Adventure

The California Gold Rush: An Interactive History Adventure

by Elizabeth Raum

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Overview

You are a New Englander with a bad case of gold fever. Gold has been discovered in California, and you want to go claim some for yourself. Here's a chance to set off on your own quest for gold. Everything in this book happened to real people, but you are in control now and YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to treasure or trouble. Will you strike it rich?

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781429611794
Publisher: Capstone
Publication date: 09/01/2007
Series: You Choose: History Series
Pages: 112
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.31(d)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth Raum has written over two-dozen nonfiction books for young readers, including a biography of Louis Armstrong for Capstone Press. Over the years, she has worked as a middle school and high school English teacher, an elementary school librarian, and a college library director. Elizabeth Raum has written many nonfiction books for children. Two of her Capstone You Choose books, Orphan Trains: An Interactive History Adventure (2011) and Can You Survive Storm Chasing? (2012), are Junior Library Guild selections. Elizabeth lives in Michigan with her husband, Richard.

Table of Contents

About Your Adventure 5

Chapter 1 Gold Fever 7

Chapter 2 A Sea Voyage 13

Chapter 3 Wagons West 41

Chapter 4 California! 71

Chapter 5 The Path to Riches 101

Time Line 106

Other Paths to Explore 108

Read More 109

Internet Sites 109

Glossary 110

Bibliography 111

Index 112

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