Henry Carter Hull

Uses lighthearted illustrations and excerpts from letters, journals, and newspaper articles to relate the story of the California Gold Rush of 1848.

Introduces young readers to the history of the California gold rush, describing the journey to California, the process of panning for gold, and the fortunes that this gold brought many different people.

Presents a short history of the 1849 California Gold Rush written in graphic novel format, and focuses on the discovery of gold at John Sutter's mill and how it changed both California and the rest of the nation.

Describes the California Gold Rush of 1848 during which many American men left in search of wealth while their families stayed home to sustain their businesses and farms. Also examines the lure of success that drew people to California and the conditions and violence they encountered there.

In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who renames herself Lucy, is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a rough California mining town.

A riveting true account of gold rush fever in mid-nineteenth-century America, rich with the thrilling exploits of daring fortune seekers and dangerous outlaws America was never the same after January 24, 1848. It was on that day that a carpenter named James Marshall discovered a tiny nugget of gold while building a sawmill at Sutter's Fort, just east of Sacramento, California. Marshall's find ignited a fever the nation had never known before, drawing...

Journey now to San Francisco, California, of 1853 where. An English socialite finds more treasure than expected on her trip to the American West. When Abby Effingham becomes stranded in the middle of the California gold rush, her money depletes quickly even while her prospects for marriage increase daily. But Abby is on a mission to find her mother not romance. Will a ridiculous scandal keep her from traveling on, or will it wake up an aloof innkeeper...