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84) Call of the wild
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
One of Jack London's best known tales, Call of the wild follows a young man's journey to the great Yukon gold rush and his unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck formed along the way.
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The 1849 Gold Rush is no place for a refined young woman on her own, but Quinn MacCann plans to become a businesswoman, independent and capable of earning her own way. To escape her wealthy but abusive father with her inherited dowry intact, Quinn marries a stranger-a man so new to the area, her powerful father doesn't control him yet-but freedom and independence are more costly than she imagined. With her hopes and dreams buried deep by secrets,...
90) Cirque
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Bernadette McCoy's death is blamed on seven cats, but Police Chief Mad Dog Connolly believes an individual killed her. Sean Kelley attends the Cirque de D�elices and watches Angelique Aumont perform. He wants the beautiful Parisian rope walker for his traveling circus, and his wife, but she departs for America to live with her Auntie Bernadette. Hired by P. T. Barnum, Sean promotes singer Jenny Lind Barnum's Swedish Nightingale and assembles his...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Two western stories: 'Silver Shells for General Kearney' takes place early in the Mexican War when a hunter bringing his furs to Santa Fe is mistaken for a courier transporting silver. Building a bridge over 'Satan's Keyhole' is Glenn Anders' opportunity to restore his reputation during the California Gold Rush, but the project seems doomed to fail"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This novel is a murder mystery set in a remote gold-mining frontier town in 19th-century New Zealand. Arriving in New Zealand in 1866 a weary Englishman, Walter Moody, lands in a gold-mining frontier town on the coast of New Zealand to make his fortune and forever leave behind his family's shame. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to investigate what links three crimes that occurred on a single...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes, in illustrations and easy text, how gold was discovered in California, how miners traveled to the gold fields, how they sought gold or found riches other ways, and their impact on California.
96) Gold Rush Girl
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Victoria (Tory) Blaisdell longs to live a life as adventurous and independent as that of her heroine, Jan 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
Language
English
Description
Terry Brandon abandons his job and his fiance to search for Yukon gold in 1897. In Seattle, he finds his funds are insufficient for the journey ahead, but he manages to partner with Milton Conrad, the scion of a wealthy family who is determined to make his own fortune. Many obstacles await them.
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