Marcia Amidon Lusted A HISTORY PERSPECTIVES BOOK THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Consultants John Putman Associate Professor of History San Diego State University Marla Conn ReadAbility Inc Editorial direction Red Line Editorial Book design Sleeping Bear Press Photo Credits John C H Grabill Library of Congress cover left 8 Currier Ives Library of Congress cover middle Library of Congress cover right 4 18 22 R H Vance Library of Congress 6 Bettmann Corbis 11 12 14 16 27 V Wolfenstein Orange County Californio families photographs 20 Britton Rey Library of Congress 24 Lawrence Houseworth Library of Congress 29 N Currier Library of Congress 30 Copyright 2015 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lüsted Marcia Amidon The California gold rush Marcia Amidon Lusted pages cm Perspectives library Includes index Audience Grades 4-6 ISBN 978-1-63137-615-3 hardcover ISBN 978-1-63137-660-3 pbk ISBN 978-1-63137-705-1 pdf ebook ISBN 978-1-63137-750-1 hosted ebook 1 California Gold discoveries Juvenile literature I Title F865 L89 2014 979 4’04 dc 3 2014004581 Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills Please visit www p21 org for more information Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics Inc July 2014
Table of Contents In this book you will read about three people who experienced California’s gold rush starting in 1848 Many people went to California hoping to become rich As you’ll see the same event can look different depending on one’s point of view Chapter 1 4 Joseph Marks Builder at Sutter’s Mill Chapter 2 12 Charles Hayward 49er Chapter 3 20 Mario Fernandez Gold Prospector Look Look Again 30 Glossary 3 1 Learn More 3 1 Index 32 About the Author 32
