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California Gold Rush novels volume 1
Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
Gold seer trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having arrived in California, Lee Westfall's magical power is growing and changing every day and may be enough, with help from her true friends, to stop her villainous Uncle Hiram when he kidnaps her and sends her deep into his gold mine.
Author
Series
Gold seer trilogy volume 3
Language
English
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Description
When a dangerous billionaire intends to use Lee, her fianc�e Jefferson, and their magical friends for his own nefarious ends, they decide to fight back before the landscape of California can be altered forever.
Author
Series
American Girl history mysteries volume 17
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
At the start of the Klondike gold rush of 1897, while traveling through Canada with her father, uncle and friends, twelve-year-old aspiring author Hetty tries to determine the identity of a thief.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A diary account of fourteen-year-old Susanna Fairchild's life in 1849, when her father succumbs to gold fever on the way to establish his medical practice in Oregon after losing his wife and money on their steamship journey from New York. Includes a historical note.
11) Penny
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 16
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Penny, a blue-eyed palomino paint mare, narrates her experiences with her owner, Buckeye Jack, and Jack's grandson, Jesse, during the 1850s Northern California gold rush.
Author
Series
The campground kids volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"So...Much...Gold... When Isaiah's dad is hired to print 3D dinosaur bones, his family is invited to join him. On this trip, the kids are glamping--enjoying the luxury of an RV instead of camping in tents. Attending a park-sponsored stargazing event, Isaiah, Sadie, and Ethan overhear a ranger tell his favorite legend of a gold mine hidden in Zion. While exploring the park, they venture off to investigate an intriguing narrow path. Unexpectedly, they...
13) The gold rush
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Describes the lure of gold that drew both men and women west and discusses how they lived, the difficulties they faced, the impact of the gold rush on Native Americans and more.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In the "wild west" of an 1880s California gold-mining town, Angeline investigates the supposed murder of her father, a famous criminal lawyer, who she and her mother are certain is still alive. Includes historical notes and instructions for making a mask from muslin.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"When Julie visits Gold Moon Ranch, a farming commune in California's gold rush country, the back-to-the-land lifestyle seems idyllic at first. But peculiar problems keep cropping up, almost as if someone was trying to shut down the commune! Then, on a secret trip to an abandoned gold mine, Julie stumbles on a mysterious message that hints at long-lost treasure. Julie is desperate to find it, before danger closes in on Gold Moon Ranch."--Publisher....
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-127) and index. Tells the story of thirty-three miners trapped in a copper-gold mine in San Jose, Chile and how experts from around the world, from drillers, to astronauts, to submarine specialists, came together to make their remarkable rescue possible.
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