What Made California the Golden State?: Life During the Gold Rush
A Who HQ Graphic Novel
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · April 2, 2024
Discover what life was really like during the California Gold Rush in this powerful graphic novel written by National Book Award finalist and Eisner Award-winning creator Shing Yin Khor and illustrated by Kass Gray.
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- Who it’s for
- Two miners’ perspectives bring California Gold Rush mine conditions into a vivid graphic narrative.
- Themes
- Community and determination, The search for the American Dream, Unrelenting gold mine conditions
- Genres
- Comics History, 19th Century U.S., State & Local History
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Discover what life was really like during the California Gold Rush in this powerful graphic novel written by National Book Award finalist and Eisner Award-winning creator Shing Yin Khor and illustrated by Kass Gray. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series!
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Explore the Gold Rush from the perspectives of William Miller and Henry Garrison, two miners in the Sierra Nevada region, and uncover the often unrelenting conditions of the California gold mines. A story of community, determination, and the search for the American Dream, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves into what life was really like during this pivotal period in American history—brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page.
Sierra Nevada Miners
Two miners’ perspectives bring California Gold Rush mine conditions into a vivid graphic narrative.
Come here for
- William Miller and Henry Garrison’s perspectives in the Sierra Nevada
- The conditions of California’s gold mines
Expect
- Full-color illustrations
- A story of community, determination, and the search for the American Dream
Where it sits
| Comics History | 96% |
|---|---|
| State & Local History | 73% |
| 19th Century U.S. | 58% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Comics Biographies
- Comics History
- Comics & Society
- Authors
- Shing Yin Khor
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- April 2, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Community and determination · The search for the American Dream · Unrelenting gold mine conditions
- Reading lane
- Comics Biographies