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Winner of the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction The remarkable tale of two young men during the Klondike Gold Rush, told through first-hand diaries, letters, and more.

Discusses the events surrounding the nineteenth-century gold rush in California, the lifestyle of miners, and the phenomena of boom towns and ghost towns.

Chronicles the California gold rush, from its beginning in 1848, through its peak, to the 1849 recession that brought about its end.

This book describes the adventures and disasters in the lives of the people who dropped everything to seek their fortunes when pioneers discovered gold in 1848. It explains how, despite the attitudes of greed and revenge in the mining towns, the gold rush helped spark the development of the state of California.

Discusses the value of gold and how it has been sought after and used in countries around the world throughout history.

Experience mud-caked, tent-filled San Francisco in 1848 as a willful heroine who goes on an unintended -- and perilous -- adventure to save her brother.

A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.

A diary account of fourteen-year-old Susanna Fairchild's life in 1849, when her father succumbs to gold fever on the way to establish his medical practice in Oregon after losing his wife and money on their steamship journey from New York. Includes a historical note.

Winner of the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction The remarkable tale of two young men during the Klondike Gold Rush, told through first-hand diaries, letters, and more-.

In the midst of the California Gold Rush, twelve-year-old Sarah and her family are living in the North as free Black people. Seeking a better life, Sarah's parents decide they will venture west on the Oregon Trail.

A young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold must flee her home, taking her on a sweeping and dangerous journey across Gold Rush-era America.