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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Darkness in El Dorado Darkness in El Dorado Patrick Tierney Examines the destructive impact of journalists, anthropologists, and scientists on the Yanomami Indians, one of the Amazon Basin's oldest tribes. OL15835650W
Golden kamuy Golden kamuy Satoru Noda In the early 20th century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi Sugimoto searches the wilderness of the Japanese frontier of Hokkaido for a hoard of hidden gold. With only a cryptic map and a native Ain… OL19724809W
Gold Gold Ron Edwards,James Gladstone Discusses the history, mining, and uses for gold. OL20457831W
Hawken fury Hawken fury David Thompson While the United States was still a new nation, some cities had already grown into bustling, overcrowded metropolises gripped by corruption. There a young man had little chance of ever realizing the … OL27959616W
The Klondike gold rush The Klondike gold rush Marc Tyler Nobleman Describes the Yukon gold rush which was the biggest and last of the great northern gold rushes of the 19th century. OL2881140W
Gold seekers of the 1890s Gold seekers of the 1890s Mimi Colligan The eastern goldfields - Life in the towns. OL29250386W
The Power of Gold The Power of Gold Peter L. Bernstein Incorporating myth, history and contemporary investigation, Bernstein tells the story of how human beings have become intoxicated, obsessed, enriched, impoverished, humbled and proud for the sake of … OL3294012W