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Bandit's Moon
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Sid Fleischman |
Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquín Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800s. |
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Striking it rich
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Stephen Krensky,Anna DiVito |
Describes the discovery of gold in California and its impact on the development of California and the West. |
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Seeds of Hope
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Kristiana Gregory |
Susanna Fairchild and her family are on board a ship sailing from New York to the West, where they plan to start a new life in Oregon. But tragedy strikes when Susanna's mother is lost to the sea. He… |
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California emigrant letters
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Walker Demarquis Wyman |
177 p. 23 cm |
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The Call of the Wild
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Jack London |
As Buck, a mixed breed dog, is taken away from his home, instead of facing a feast for breakfast and the comforts of home, he faces the hardships of being a sled dog. Soon he lands in the wrong hands… |
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The Call of the Wild
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Nick Bullard,Jack London |
When men find gold in the frozen North of Canada, they need dogs - big, strong dogs to pull the sledges on the long journeys to and from the gold mines. Buck is stolen from his home in the South and … |
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Northland stories
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Jack London |
Victim in the VineyardJessica Fletcher is visiting the Napa Valley wine country while doing research for her next book, and invites her old friend, Scotland Yard detective George Sutherland to join h… |
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The story of the gold at Sutter's Mill
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R. Conrad Stein |
Presents the scene in California after gold was discovered on John Sutter's land in 1849 and the subsequent fortunes made and hearts broken. |
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Golden dreams
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Gwen Bristow |
An account of the California Gold Rush, discussing the people and events involved and the effect of that gold discovery upon the future of California and the nation. |
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California, in-doors and out
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Eliza W. Farnham |
During her three years as matron of the Female Prison at Sing Sing, 1844-1848, Eliza Burhans Farnham (1815-1864) tried to institute reforms based on phrenology. Discharged from the post, she soon lea… |
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The diary of David R. Leeper
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David Rohrer Leeper |
A young prospector describes his experiences traveling overland to the California gold fields and during the five years he spent digging for gold. |
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Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn
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Samuel Curtis Upham |
Samuel Curtis Upham (1819-1885) was a clerk in a Philadelphia merchant house when he decided to try his luck in California in January, 1849. Sailing round the Horn, he visited Rio de Janeiro and Talc… |
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The Poker Bride
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Christopher Corbett |
During the Gold Rush, a young Chinese concubine arrived by horse in Idaho gold country, where a white gambler soon won her in a poker game. She became Polly Bemis, the winner's legal, beloved wife. P… |
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Gold Rush
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Jennifer Quasha |
Projects and activities which illustrate the history of the California Gold Rush and pioneer life in that state. |
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Murphy, Gold Rush dog
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Alison Hart |
"In 1900, a dog named Murphy wants to help Sally and Mama build a new life in Nome, but life in the mining town is not easy. Can the three of them find a home--and maybe a fortune?"-- |
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The California Gold Rush
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Edward F. Dolan |
Explores the phenomenon of the California Gold Rush, including information about the routes to California taken by hopeful miners and the fate of John Sutter, owner of the land on which gold was firs… |
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The age of gold
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Henry William Brands |
By the Author of the Bestselling Pulitzer Prize Finalist THE FIRST AMERICANTHEY WENT WEST TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND IN THE BARGAIN THEY CHANGED THE WORLD. THIS IS THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE MEN … |
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Golden quest
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Bonnie Bader |
As they mingle with the gold miners in their parents' dining hall, eleven-year-old David and his younger sister are caught up in the debate about California statehood and slavery. |
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Coronado's Golden Quest
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Michael Eagle,Alex Haley,Barbara Weisberg |
Coronado’s Golden Quest describes Coronado’s search for gold in the Southwest and his interaction with the Natives residing there.
The first Europeans to explore the American Southwest were Spanis… |
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Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields
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A. C. Harris |
From the title page: "Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal; Routes Traversed by Miners; How to Find Gold; Camp LIfe at Klondike
Practical Instr… |
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