Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.2
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
11922
Points per Word
0.000168
Page Count
46
Points per Page
0.043478
Series
Rough & Ready
Description
This book explains how gold fever came to the Americas, describes the equipment and mining methods of the '49ers, and details the often brutal life of the remote mountain mining camps founded on the dream of endless wealth.