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California Gold Rush novels volume 1
Language
English
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A gentleman's gentleman from Boston flees to the wilds of California during the Gold Rush and becomes a hero.
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English
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Some commodities command massive economic, social, and political influence. This title examines the business around gold, one of the most sought-after and valuable metals on Earth. It explores gold's historical significance as a monetary standard and as the motivator for boom-or-bust expansion as well as gold's contemporary ties to underdeveloped economies, the environment, and technological innovation. Features include essential facts, a glossary,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
One Nation Under Gold begins with the nation’s founding in the 1770s, when the new republic erupted with bitter debates over the implementation of paper currency in lieu of metal coins. Concerned that the colonies’ thirteen separate currencies would only lead to confusion and chaos, some Founding Fathers believed that a national currency would not only unify the fledgling nation but provide a perfect solution for a country that was believed to...
Author
Series
Gold seer trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After her harrowing journey west to California, Lee Westfall has finally found a new home, one rich in gold, thanks to her magical power, a power that seems to be changing every day. But this home is rich in other ways, too: with friends who are searching for a place to be themselves, just as she is, and with love. Jefferson, her longtime best friend, hasn't stopped trying to win her heart. And Lee is more and more tempted to say yes. But her uncle...
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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.
Author
Series
Gold seer trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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Lee Westfall, a young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold, must flee her home to avoid people who would abuse her powers, so when her best friend Jefferson heads out across Gold Rush-era America to stake his claim, she disguises herself as a boy and sets out on her own dangerous journey.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"The gold rush miners are back with a vengeance. Last mining season, father-son team Jack and Todd Hoffman sold everything they owned that wasn't nailed down in order to fund their dream of striking it rich mining for gold in Alaska ... That dream didn't quite pan out ... But unforeseen circumstances leave them to come up with a new plan in order to salvage their season.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"From the lost empires of the Sahara to today's frenzied global gold rush, a blazing exploration of the human love affair with gold by the award-winning author of Diamond. Since the 2008 financial crisis, the price of gold has skyrocketed--in three years more than doubling from $800 an ounce to $1900. This massive spike kicked off an unprecedented global gold-mining and exploration boom, much bigger than the Gold Rush of the 1800s. In Gold, acclaimed...
17) The Klondike cat
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
When Noah and his pa prepare to join the thousands of gold seekers heading for the Klondike, Pa insists that the journey will be too long and too hard for a cat, but Noah just can't leave Shadow behind.
19) Newsgirl
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Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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In the spring of 1851 San Francisco is booming. Twelve-year-old Amelia Forrester has just arrived with her family and they are eager to make a new life in Phoenix City. But the mostly male town is not that hospitable to females and Amelia decides she will earn more money as a boy. Cutting her hair and donning a cap, she joins a gang of newsboys, selling Eastern newspapers for a fortune.
20) The gold rush
Series
Criterion collection volume 615
Pub. Date
℗2012, �1925.
Language
English
Description
Classic Chaplin (the Little Tramp) prospects for gold, gets involved with a dance hall girl, and deals with a burly competitor during the Yukon gold rush
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