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How to Get Rich in the California Gold Rush - An Adventurer's Guide to the Fabulous Riches Discovered in 1848

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Tod Olson is the author of In the Line of Fire: A Story about D-Day ! as well as the nonfiction series Lost and the award-winning historical fiction series How to Get Rich. A Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA recipient! Olson lives with his family in Vermont. To learn more! visit todolson.com. Scott Allred is the illustrator of Tod Olson’s award-winning How to Get Rich in the California Gold Rush ! How to Get Rich on the Oregon Trail ! and How to Get Rich on a Texas Cattle Drive . Marc Aronson is an award-winning author and editor who earned his doctorate in American history at NYU. A prolific writer! a blogger for School Library Journal ! and an innovative thinker on children's book subjects! he brings a deep knowledge of how kids relate to information. Some of his titles include Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court and Master of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies . Aronson lives in New Jersey. Klappentext How to Get Rich in the California Gold Rush follows the adventures of the charming! witty! fictitious Thomas Hartley as a way of offering a fascinating and fully historical portrait of life in the California gold fields. Archival imagery pairs with delightful and humorous artwork to produce a visual feast for the eyes. The inimitable Mr. Hartley's guide is a unique snapshot of a key period in the economic development of our country-and a fun romp through time. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information. Zusammenfassung How to Get Rich in the California Gold Rush follows the adventures of the charming! witty! fictitious Thomas Hartley as a way of offering a fascinating and fully historical portrait of life in the California gold fields. Archival imagery pairs with delightful and humorous artwork to produce a visual feast for the eyes. The inimitable Mr. Hartley’s guide is a unique snapshot of a key period in the economic development of our country—and a fun romp through time. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information. ...

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Authors Tod Olson
Publisher National Geographic Society
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 09.09.2008
 
EAN 9781426303166
ISBN 978-1-4263-0316-6
No. of pages 48
Dimensions 210 mm x 260 mm x 8 mm

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