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The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush—a period in which strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into service as sled dog in Alaska, he reverts to a wild state. Buck is forced to fight...
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Gold seer trilogy volume 1
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A young woman who possesses a supernatural ability to sense the presence of gold disguises herself as a boy and seeks safety and romance in California.
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House of Winslow volume 17
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When Cassidy Winslow promises a dying man he will take care of his daughter, he quickly takes on more than he anticipated! House of Winslow book 17.
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California Gold Rush novels volume 1
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Jack and the butler stow away on a side-wheeler bound for California where they join the Gold Rush of 1849.
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Dragged along to California during the Gold Rush, shy and bookish Lucy intends to be miserable until she can return to her New England home, and writes yearning letters to those she left behind.
In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who renames herself Lucy, is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a rough California mining town.
11) Callaghen
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The veteran Indian fighter takes command of a desert scout patrol when the lieutenant is killed in a Mohave attack.
13) Paint Your Wagon
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[2001]
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The story of a goldmining boom town centering on the work-and-play partnership of two miners and the wife they share.
14) Glorious
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Cash McLendon novels volume 1
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Rising to a life of influence and wealth after a hard-luck youth in late nineteenth-century Arizona Territory, Cash McLendon flees in the wake of a tragedy and tries to win back the heart of a woman from his past only to be targeted by his former father-in-law. An impoverished childhood on the streets helped Cash McLendon hone an instinct for self-preservation. Now, as son-in-law and heir apparent to industrial mogul Rupert Douglass, his life lacks...
16) The iron marshal
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Tom Shanaghy is tough, but when he becomes marshal, he will have to prove he is tough enough to overcome the resentment of the townspeople and outwit gold thieves.
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[2020]
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"The events surrounding the California Gold Rush did not look the same to everyone involved. Step back in time and into the shoes of a builder working on Sutter's Mill when gold was discovered, a '49er who left New York for California, and a prospector from Chile who came by ship to California to find riches as readers act out the scenes that took place in the midst of this historic event. Written with simplified, considerate text to help struggling...
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[2022]
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"The California Gold Rush, which began after the discovery of gold in 1848, was about much more than people trying to strike it rich. It was a total reshaping of the United States because of thousands making the arduous trek to the West Coast by land and sea. Some even came from Asia and Europe! In this noteworthy book, an important episode in U.S. history is told through text crafted for the struggling reader. Interesting fact boxes and carefully...
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