Books about the California Gold Rush can be found under the call number x 979.4
California’s Untold Stories: Gold Rush!
http://www.museumca.org/goldrush
A virtual tour of an exhibit from the Oakland Museum of California. Includes a special focus from the perspective of the native and immigrant population.
The Gold Rush
http://www.pbs.org/goldrush
Based on the PBS documentary, this site highlights the primary issues of the era with quotes from historical figures and selections from the writings of contemporary authors and historians. Includes fun facts and recommended links.
Some titles include:
The California Gold Rush
Blashfield, JeanX979.4
Describes the adventures and disasters of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state’s development. Good quality illustrations. (grades 3-5)
Schanzer, RosalynX979.4 Schanzer
Uses colorful, lighthearted illustrations and excerpts from letters, journals, and newspaper articles to relate the story of the California Gold Rush. (grades 3-5)
Ketchum, LizaX979.4 Ketchum
Illustrates the event which drew thousands of people to California and its effect on the gold seekers, the Spanish settlers and the native Indian tribes who lived there. Illustrated with archival photographs and reproductions. Based on the PBS series, “The West”. (grades 5-8)
Van Steenwyck, ElizabethX979.4
A vivid retelling of the Gold Rush era, from Sutter’s arrival in California in 1839 to glimpses of such pioneers as Levi Strauss and Mark Hopkins. Includes color prints and maps. (grades 3-6)
Blumberg, RhodaX979.4 The spirit of the forty-niners is brought to life through this exciting account of the era. Includes selections from letters, diaries and newspapers as well as reproductions of period cartoons and posters. (grades 4-8)
Blumberg, RhodaX979.4
The spirit of the forty-niners is brought to life through this exciting account of the era. Includes selections from letters, diaries and newspapers as well as reproductions of period cartoons and posters. (grades 4-8)