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Elam Harnish has more money than he would ever need. As he accumulates wealth as a successful entrepreneur in the Alaskan Gold Rush, Harnish must face the challenges of the Yukon Territory. After he makes a fortune, Harnish finds himself still unsatisfied. In efforts to find a new challenge and make more money, Harnish decides to move down to the mainland of America, settling in California. However, after a group of money kings threaten to take his...
3) Jason's Gold
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
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When news of the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon Territory in 1897 reaches fifteen-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 10,000-mile journey to strike it rich.
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California Gold Rush novels volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
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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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Gold seer trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
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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...
9) Pale Rider
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[2010]
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An unknown stranger rides into a California Gold Rush town and gets caught in the middle of a feud between the mining syndicate and independent miners.
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©2018
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Provides information on the history of all the big fold mining camps across Colorado, including how they started, what you can see today, and where you can dig as a visiting casual prospector. Tells where to pan for gold without having to worry about claims, private land,or legal bans.
Amazon summary: Travel guide book inspired by the gold prospecting origin of Colorado. Includes touring information on all the major towns founded as gold mining camps...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
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In 1849, a twelve-year-old girl who calls herself Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town, where Lucy helps run a rough boarding house and looks for comfort in books while trying to find a way to get "home."
12) Paint Your Wagon
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Pub. Date
2001
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Marvin and Eastwood play gold prospectors in the 1800's who are married to the same woman. Songs include They Call the Wind Mariah and I Talk to the Trees.
13) The gold rush
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Pub. Date
2006
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At the end of 1853, San Francisco was a city on the move. It had twelve daily newspapers, nine insurance companies, consulates of twenty-seven foreign governments, and six-story buildings where sand dunes once stood. A few years earlier, San Francisco was just a sleepy little town. But the sight of gold in the rushing waters of the American River sent a ripple around the world and set the stage for an event that would forever change a city, a fledgling...
14) The forty-niners
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An account of the California gold rush of 1849, illustrated with contemporary photographs and paintings.
15) Call of the Wild
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2000
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During the Klondike gold rush, a stolen dog becomes a prospector's best friend.
16) Down the Yukon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
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In the wake of Dawson City's Great Fire of 1899, sixteen-year-old Jason and his girlfriend Jamie canoe the Yukon River across Alaska in an epic race from Canada's Klondike to the new gold fields at Cape Nome.
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[2015]
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Renowned as the richest gold strike in North American mining history, the Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) set off a stampede of over 100,000 people on a colossal journey from Alaska to the gold fields of Canada's Yukon Territory. The Klondike Gold Rush is an incredible story of determination, luck, fortune, and loss. In the end, it isn't all about the gold, but rather the journey to the Klondike itself.
20) Journey
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Records the adventures of a band of four aristocratic Englishmen and their Irish servant on a perilous journey to Canada's gold fields.