Title Gold : the true story of why people search for it, mine it, trade it, steal it, mint it, hoard it, shape it, wear it, fight and kill for it / Milton Meltzer.

Publication Info.	New York, NY : HarperCollins, [1993]
	©1993

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection	CH/YA 553.4 Meltze Gol 1993	Available	---		Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.

Edition	1st ed.
Description	167 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
	age Children
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index.
Summary	Discusses the value of gold and how it has been sought after and used in countries around the world throughout history.
Contents	Passion for Gold -- Shekels, bezants, florins, ducats, and guineas -- Where it is and how to get at it -- Slaves and ants : miners of the ancient world -- African empires built on gold -- Discovery: golden age and brutal age -- Gold rush! -- If there is shooting here, there will be hanging here -- From Australia to South Africa -- Nightmare for Native peoples -- What's it worth? Many uses, many pleasures.
Provenance	Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.
Subject	Gold -- Juvenile literature.
	Gold.
Genre/Form	Juvenile works.
Other Form:	Online version: Meltzer, Milton, 1915-2009. Gold. 1st ed. New York, NY : HarperCollins, ©1993 (OCoLC)763086950
ISBN	0060229837
	9780060229832
	0060229845 (library binding)
	9780060229849 (library binding)