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Author
Series
Gold seer trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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
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
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012.
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.
Author
Series
Vengeance road volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"When her father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that reveals the secret location of a gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers--and justice"--
Author
Series
Superstition Mountain mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When brothers Simon, Henry, and Jack move with their parents to Arizona, they are irresistably drawn to explore the aptly named Superstition Mountain, in spite of warnings that it is not safe.
Author
Series
Dog chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In 1900, a dog named Murphy wants to help Sally and Mama build a new life in Nome, but life in the mining town is not easy. Can the three of them find a home--and maybe a fortune?"--
9) Irish gilt
Author
Series
Notre Dame mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
South Bend detective Phil Knight isn't intrested in the intellectual pursuits of his brother Roger, a Notre Dame professor ... at least not until they lead to intriguing cases for Phil to investigate. Phil introduces Roger to Boris Henry because they share an interest in legendary Father Zahm, a 19th-century Notre Dame priest. Boris has come to the university to access the Notre Dame archives, which house many valuable Zahm aritifacts. The trouble...
Author
Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When a stiff-necked teacher with staunch views against the Chinese moves to Emma Fong's mining town of La Porte, California, she'll have to rely on her wits and the strength of her people to survive his anti-Asian prejudice and stake her claim as an American in the Wild West"--
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, New York
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
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.
Poe Blythe, the young captain of the Outpost's last mining ship, wants revenge far more than the gold they tear from the Serpentine River. She has vowed to annihilate the river raiders who robbed her of everything two years ago. But as she navigates the...
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The small, run-down town of Eden is the only place Jenny Burns has ever called home. The roots of the trees are in her bones, the air of the mountains is in her breath, the lakes and rivers are in her blood. And that's why, when her father loses his job and tells Jenny that they may have to move on from Eden, she knows she can't let that happen. The fever of New Zealand's gold rush still runs in the veins of Eden, and everyone knows the legend of...
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