Gold

Gold
Author: Ruth Kassinger
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780761321101

Discusses the history of gold, relates some of the myths associated with this precious metal as well as some of its uses, how it reacts, and its importance in our lives.

Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables
Author: Aesop
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1990-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780590438803

Simple versions of more than sixty fables use animals to teach lessons about wise and foolish human behavior.

The Young Gold-digger; Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Gold Regions

The Young Gold-digger; Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Gold Regions
Author: Friedrich Gerstäcker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1860
Genre: California
ISBN:

Tale of a boy who gets separated from his family on the way to the gold fields of California, gets rich and finds his long-lost grandfather. Gerstaecker was a German who prospected in the 1849 gold rush, and the geography of the story is accurate. Gerstaecker wrote many non-fiction works on California and America for German readers.