Hurry Freedom: African Americans in Gold Rush California
by Jerry Stanley
"Among the thousands of fortune seekers drawn west by the California gold rush of... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2000
Word Count 19,601
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1090L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 45230, 4 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- California--Race relations--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - General
- Pioneers
- 19th century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century
- African American pioneers--California--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African American pioneers
- Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar
- California
- African American pioneers--California--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
- California--Gold discoveries--Juvenile literature
- African Americans
- History
- California--Gold discoveries
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar--Juvenile literature
- Gold discoveries
- African Americans--Biography
- Race relations
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Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Winner, 2001
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