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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...
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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."
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California Gold Rush novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
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?
7) 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.
11) 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.
12) The Gold Rush
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Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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This book describes how the prospect of finding gold lured both men and women west and discusses how they lived, the difficulties they faced, and the impact of the gold rush on the Native Americans.
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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...
17) 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.
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©2007
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"Thomas F. Walsh tells the story of one of the West's wealthiest mining magnates - an Irish American prospector and lifelong philanthropist who struck it rich in Ouray County, Colorado." "In the first complete biography of Walsh, John Stewart recounts the tycoon's life from his birth in 1860 and his beginnings as a millwright and carpenter in Ireland to his tenacious, often fruitless mining work in the Black Hills and Colorado, which finally led to...