Argentina

by Arlene Furlong and Geraldine Mesenas

"The phrase 'seeing the elephant' symbolized for '49 gold rushers the exotic, the mythical, the once-in-a-lifetime adventure, unequaled anywhere else but in the journey to the promised land of fortune: California. Most western myths . . . generally depict an exclusively male gold rush. Levy's book debunks that myth. Here a variety of women travel, work, and write their way across the pages of western migrant history." -Choice "One of the best and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0836820304
• ISBN13: 9780836820300
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4