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"In 1848, carpenter James Marshall made a chance discovery that would change the face of the American West. That discovery: a few shiny flakes-of gold in a riverbed he was digging. Within a year 800,000 gold-seekers from all over the world were on their way to California, and the Gold Rush was on. This book covers the entire period of the boom-and-bust of one of the greatest expansion periods in US history-from the dangers of the journey, to the rough...
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Describe la fiebre del oro del siglo XIX, e incluye información sobre los "boomtowns" de la fiebre del oro, las relaciones entre los nativos americanos y los pioneros de la fiebre del oro y la importancia de la fiebre del oro en la historia americana.
Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush...
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