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2) Gold fever
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In this brief rhyming story set during the gold rush, Jasper leaves his family and farm to pursue his dream of finding gold.
Author
Series
California Gold Rush novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A gentleman's gentleman from Boston flees to the wilds of California during the Gold Rush and becomes a hero.
Author
Series
Gold seer trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
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.
12) Sailing for gold
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Ever since his mother died, Davey has wanted to save enough money to go find his only remaining relative. His journey will take him to Alaska where gold has been found.
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.
14) Glorious
Author
Series
Cash McLendon novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
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.
15) 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.
Author
Series
Sapphire brides volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emily Carver is tired of following her gold-hunting father from one mining camp to another: she wants a home where she can put down roots. When she realizes she's losing her heart to the intriguing new man in their Montana camp, she is afraid that love will only result in disappointment and heartache. Caeden Thibault is a young geologist cataloging minerals indigenous to the state. He avoids romantic entanglements, fearing he might become like his...
17) Lando
Author
Series
The Sacketts volume 8
Pub. Date
1962.
Language
English
Description
"For six long years Orlando Sackett survived the horrors of a brutal Mexican prison. He survived by using his skills as a boxer and by making three vows. The first was to exact revenge on the hired killers who framed him. the second was to return to his father. And the third was to find gin Locklear. but the world has changed a lot since Lando left it. His father is missing. The woman he loves is married. And the killers want him dead. Hardened physically...
Author
Series
Superstition Mountain mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Returning to Superstition Mountain, the Barker brothers, along with their friend Delilah, soon find themselves entangled in more danger and myststery as they uncover a treasure.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Description
A series of letters and newspaper articles reveals life in California in the 1850s, especially for thirteen-year-old Eldora, who was raised in Massachusetts as an orphan only to meet her influential mother in San Francisco, and Luke, who hopes to find a fortune in gold.
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