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California Gold Rush novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When Jack's aunt is forced to sell her beloved mansion but is still unable to raise enough money to pay her debts, the twelve-year-old goes to California in search of gold to help her. Joined by his trusty butler, Praiseworthy, Jack finds adventure and trouble at every turn. Will Jack strike gold in San Francisco or come home empty-handed?
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Series
Gold seer trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
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-hasnt stopped trying to win her heart. And Lee is more and more tempted to say yes. But her uncle Hiram...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
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Stolen From Home and sold into a harsh life as a sled dog in northern Canada, Buck must quickly learn to survive. He soon takes his place as leader of the hardworking team, and his strength and courage become legendary among men. But the call of the wild is strong, awakening primal feelings of a life among wolves...
One of the greatest of all wildlife stories, The Call of the Wild will enthrall today's readers as it has since its first publication...
6) Colorado!
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Series
Wagons West. Main series volume 7
Description
Gold is found in Central City, and the frontier town of Denver becomes the magnet for hucksters, hustlers, and many of the friends from the wagon train.
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Series
Gold seer trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Leah Westfall has traveled thousands of miles, from Georgia to the gold fields of California. It has been a journey of ever-present danger, hidden magic, harsh realities, loss, life, determination, and love. Yet through it all, Lee has found people to trust, true friends and fellow misfits who have been by her side no matter what. In the rich land of California, Lee is poised to have everything she ever dreamed of - a place to belong, a place to call...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Determined to find his nineteen-year-old uncle and best friend, Jesse, who left for Colorado to find enough gold to pay the mortgage and save the family's Iowa farm, twelve-year-old Early Whittcomb joins up with a barber, his wife, and his daughter on a wagon train heading for the gold fields near Pike's Peak in 1858.
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Series
Forty-Niners volume 1
Description
"In January of 1848, the discovery of gold at Sutters Mill in California sparked a nationwide frenzy, fueling the dreams of Americans from coast to coast. By 1849, hundreds of thousands of fortune hunters from across the globe headed west to stake their claim. Armed with pan or pickaxe, driven by greed or glory, every last one of them was determined to strike it rich—or die trying. . . . For Cord Bennett, it was more than a dream. California was...
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Pub. Date
2002
Description
The California Gold Rush inspired a new American dream-the "dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck." The discovery of gold on the American River in 1848 triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the Crusades. It drew fortune-seekers from the ends of the earth, accelerated Americas imperial expansion, and exacerbated the tensions that exploded in the Civil War. H.W. Brands tells his epic story from multiple perspectives:...