Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.7
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
8943
Points per Word
0.000224
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.041667
Description
This book explains how the discovery of gold in 1848 led to the settlement of newly aquired U.S. territory in California, and describes life in the mining camps and the successes and disappointments of mining life.