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The gold rush / J.D. Lloyd, book editor. - San Diego : Greenhaven Press, c2002. - 221 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - History firsthand .

Foreword. - Introduction. - Chapter 1: The Discovery. - Chapter 2: The Rush: Heading Westward. - Chapter 3: Prospecting for Gold. - Chapter 4: Daily Life in Mine Country. - Chapter 5: The Wild and Lawless Frontier. - Chronology. - For Further Research. - Index.

ISBN: 0737708808 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Frontier and pioneer life--California--Sources.
Pioneers--California--Biography.
Gold miners--California--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
California--Gold discoveries--Sources.
California--Social conditions--19th century--Sources.
California--Biography.

Dewey Class. No.: 979.404 / GOL