Djanikian, Ariel
Summary: The middle daughter of struggling California fruit farmers, Alice Bush is accustomed to feeling inferior and destitute. When her elder sister's husband strikes a vein of gold in the Yukon Territory, Alice seizes control of her destiny by joining a wave of white settlers making the dangerous trek to the Klondike. By luck and circumstance Alice becomes tightly intertwined in her sister and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DJACondie, Allyson Braithwaite
Summary: Seeking to avenge the murder of her true love while on a dredge ship searching for gold, fifteen-year-old captain Poe Blythe becomes the architect of new defenses designed to destroy her enemies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CONTamarit, Nuria
Summary: "Fleeing the fires of her war-torn homeland, a young woman travels to the New World in search of gold to rebuild her life. In this strange, lawless land, Joana encounters friends (the kind Native women Tala and Opa), foes (the cruel gold hunter Matwei and his men), and an unexpected traveling companion who may just be her good luck charm - and amidst the icy reaches of the wilderness, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 TAMGrey, Zane
Summary: He was a solitary prospector in the vast Sonoran Desert, but on a shelf of rock he left a little tin for his daughter ... Richard Gale's idle sojourn in the West came to a screeching halt when he arrived in an Arizona border town and plunged into the life of a border ranger. Yet when he met Nell Burton, he realized for the first time why the West had beckoned him. But Nell's background wasn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1913
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREBailey, Michael
Summary: Based on a true story, Hangtown is a historical western about the hangings in a placer mining town that once went by that moniker, one of the first established diggings during the chaos of the gold rush. Set in 1848 to 1850, the unlawful were punished and hanged swiftly for crimes of theft and violence, haunting forever what is now Placerville, California. With testimonies revealed in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Written Backwards 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAIQuartey, Kwei.
Summary: Darko Dawson has just been promoted to Chief Inspector in the Ghana Police Service--the promotion even comes with a (rather modest) salary bump. But he doesn't have long to celebrate, because his new boss is transferring him from Accra, Ghana's capital, out to remote Obuasi, in the Ashanti region, an area now notorious for the illegal exploitation of its gold mines. The assignment will last at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC QUAFulton, C. R.
Summary: So...Much...Gold... When Isaiah's dad is hired to print 3D dinosaur bones, his family is invited to join him. On this trip, the kids are glamping--enjoying the luxury of an RV instead of camping in tents. Attending a park-sponsored stargazing event, Isaiah, Sadie, and Ethan overhear a ranger tell his favorite legend of a gold mine hidden in Zion. While exploring the park, they venture off to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bakken Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FULJohnstone, William W.
Summary: "For generations, the Jensens have struggled to build their home, their land, and their dreams. But now the family is forced to fight fire with fire, bullet by bullet, blood for blood. For Smoke and his daughter Denny, life on the Sugarloaf Ranch is more valuable than all the gold in the world. Which works out fine, since all the gold mines in Big Rock were squeezed dry years ago. Even so, that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JOHSteel, Charlie
Summary: The discovery of gold in California launched a stampede of fortune-seekers across the continent in search of wealth. Willing to face any hardship -- outlaws, hostile Indians, bad weather, thirst, starvation, and the horrors of disease -- they battled fiercely to overcome these challenges and seize their destiny. But sometimes the treasures they found were not the ones they were expecting . . .
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STEWheeler, Richard S
Summary: "A widow must defend herself and her property from the greedy townsfolk of Marysville, Montana"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WHETroupe, Thomas Kingsley
Summary: "Your brother has been missing in the Arizona mountains for weeks. You know that he was there to search for the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine. Stories say that the lost mine holds a fortune that's just waiting to be found. But now your brother appears to be the latest person to disappear while searching for the fabled treasure. Does the legendary mine really exist? And was your brother able to find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TROSummary: A dramatization of the story of Dan Morgan, an adventurer whose exploits during the Australian gold rush caused him to become a wanted outlaw and the object of a manhunt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Troma Entertainment Inc. 2009
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MADWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: Mystery of the lost mine: On a camping trip to Arizona with their grandfather, the Alden children search for a lost gold mine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oasis Audio 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Knott, Robert
Summary: "After marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch lay Appaloosa's sheriff to rest, an emerging handful of men eagerly vie for the deceased sheriff's vacant office. No sooner are various campaigns under way when gold is discovered in the foothills just outside of town, sending Appaloosa buzzing with excitement. With the strike, a slew of new problems develop for Cole and Hitch. Two shrewd mining...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KNOSauer, Gordy
Summary: "For fans of Ian McGuire's The North Water and Michael Punke's The Revenant, Child in the Valley by Gordy Sauer is a coming-of-age story set in the harsh landscape of Gold Rush America, centering on a orphan's journey to California in a wagon train of ruthless 49ers. Seventeen-year-old Joshua Gaines is suddenly orphaned in 1849, and after discovering that his foster father has left him deeply...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hub City Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAUTerrell, Brandon
Summary: "Archie is traveling with his uncle Harold, a member of an entertainment revue hired by the renovated Dawson City Theatre, to perform for the Yukon gold rushers. While there, Harold befriends an older gentleman, Montgomery Wycroft, who is in the area panning for gold. Archie and his uncle opt to stay behind in Dawson City, joining Monty on his dangerous quest for gold, battling with both greedy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC TERSummary: As they work the silver mines of Montana, the ambitious Connolly brothers dream of riches and adventure. Seduced by rumors of a greater prize to the north, they embark on a dangerous journey to the heart of the Yukon in this epic tale of greed, love, betrayal, and gold. As they become increasingly corrupted by the lust for power and wealth, the Connollys must stick together if they are to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOMHolub, Joan.
Summary: Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush on American history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2013
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist What HolubOnsgard, Bethany
Summary: Have you ever wondered what life was like for miners and their families during the California Gold Rush? Learn about what their days consisted of, what they ate and wore, and more! Primary sources with accompanying questions, multiple prompts, A Day in the Life section, index, and glossary also included.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The story centers on the friendship of two adventurers, Bill Haskell and Byron Epstein, as they travel North West during the Klondike Gold Rush. Along the way they must navigate harsh conditions, unpredictable weather and desperate, dangerous characters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KLOSummary: Scooby-Doo and the alien invaders: A cosmic case: Scooby, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. crew share their most unearthly adventure ever. Stranded in a desert town, the gang discovers the place is crawling with flying-saucer buffs, secretive scientists and less-than-friendly extraterrestrials. But things get really weird when Shaggy and Scooby are beamed aboard a UFO - and fall head over heels (and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SCOSummary: Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on an amazing journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. Getting the gold was hard but keeping it is even more difficult, sparking an adventure through the most powerful boardrooms of Wall Street.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOL RATED RCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GoSummary: David Milch's epic drama returns as a feature film reuniting familiar characters in a brave new world where their once-lawless frontier settlement has grown into a town on the threshold of statehood and modernization.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019