Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-131).
Summary
Describes the emigration of people from the East Coast of the United States and from foreign countries to California to pursue the dream of discovering gold.
Audience
1070 Lexile.
Contents
Gold fever-- The fever spreads -- Shortcuts: Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico -- The Cape Horn route -- Overland -- Land of promise -- At the diggings -- Law and order -- Foreigners -- Women -- The end of the rainbow.