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1) Journey
Author
Language
English
Description
One of the premier novelists of the twentieth century, James A. Michener captures a frenzied time when sane men and women risked their very lives in a forbidding Arctic land to win a dazzling and elusive prize: Yukon gold. In 1897, gold fever sweeps the world. The promise of untold riches lures thousands of dreamers from all walks of life on a perilous trek toward fortune, failure—or death. Journey is an immersive account of the adventures...
Author
Publisher
Pogo Books, Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this book, early fluent readers will learn about the causes, main events, key players, and lasting impacts of the California gold rush. Interesting photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about this important period in American history."
Author
Series
Lumber Baron's Daughters volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After her sister's marriage, Michelle Stiles is left hiding at Two Harts Ranch with the handsome but stubborn Zane Hart. She's managed to stay one step ahead of her stepfather and his devious plans, but if he finds her, she will no longer be safe. Zane has problems of his own. Having discovered a gold mine on his property, he must figure out how to harvest it without kicking off a gold rush. Michelle, educated and trained to run her father's business,...
6) Jason's gold
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When news of the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon Territory in 1897 reaches fifteen-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 10,000-mile journey to strike it rich.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Victoria (Tory) Blaisdell longs to live a life as adventurous and independent as that of her heroine, Jane Eyre. When Tory's father loses his job and decides to seek a share of the newly discovered gold in California, Tory stows away on the westbound ship carrying her father and younger brother, Jacob. Though San Francisco is mud-caked, frenzied, and full of wild and dangerous men, Tory quickly finds friends and independence - until her father leaves...
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state's development.
10) Paint your wagon
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
The story of a goldmining boom town centering on the work-and-play partnership of two miners and the wife they share.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Explore the Gold Rush from the perspective 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 a gripping narrative and...
Publisher
Cookie Jar Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
White Fang, part wolf and part husky, is the hero of this exciting series of adventures set in the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s. Based on the classic short story by Jack London, the series starts when the animal's life is saved by 12 year old Wendy Scott, and a unique and lasting friendship evolves. Features all 26 episodes plus 5 bonus episodes!
Author
Publisher
Hub City Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Ian McGuire's The North Water and Michael Punke's The Revenant, Child in the Valley by Gordy Sauer is a coming-of-age story set in the harsh landscape of Gold Rush America, centering on a orphan's journey to California in a wagon train of ruthless 49ers. Seventeen-year-old Joshua Gaines is suddenly orphaned in 1849, and after discovering that his foster father has left him deeply in debt, he flees his St. Louis home for Independence,...
15) The gold rush
Series
Criterion collection volume 615
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Classic Chaplin (the Little Tramp) prospects for gold, gets involved with a dance hall girl, and deals with a burly competitor during the Yukon gold rush.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
One hundred years after her family was transformed by greed during the Klondike Gold Rush, Anna Bush grapples with moral conflict and questions of justice as she travels to the Klondike to bequeath her would-be inheritance to the First Nations peoples who paid the price for its creation.
20) The golden volcano =: Le volcan d'or : the first English translation of Verne's original manuscript
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
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