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Author
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, who is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. Buck is a dog born to luxury, but his life changes dramatically when he is sold to be a sled dog in the Yukon Territory. He earns a reputation for his strength and courage, and is rescued from a series of bad owners by John Thornton, who teaches him to love. When John is...
2) White fang
Author
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
White Fang is part dog and part wolf. To survive in the wilderness he must learn to kill or be killed. He is captured and taken to the Alaska Yukon Territory during the gold rush where he is forced to pull heavy dogsleds and fight for money, until a man named Weedon Scott saves him from destruction and teaches him to love and trust a human master.
3) Sackett
Author
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Formats
Description
William Tell Sackett had followed a different path from his younger brothers, but his name, like theirs, was spoken with respect and just a little fear. Where Orrin had brought law and order from New Mexico to the plains of Montana, backed up by the gunfighting talents of his brother Tye, Tell Sackett's destiny drew him to Texas after he had to kill a man. There, in the high, lonesome country, he came upon a vein of pure gold. All he'd wanted was...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Victoria (Tory) Blaisdell longs to live a life as adventurous and independent as that of her heroine, Jane Eyre. When Tory's father loses his job and decides to seek a share of the newly discovered gold in California, Tory stows away on the westbound ship carrying her father and younger brother, Jacob. Though San Francisco is mud-caked, frenzied, and full of wild and dangerous men, Tory quickly finds friends and independence--until her father leaves...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After her sister's marriage, Michelle Stiles is left hiding at Two Harts Ranch with the handsome but stubborn Zane Hart. She's managed to stay one step ahead of her stepfather and his devious plans, but if he finds her, she will no longer be safe. Zane has problems of his own. Having discovered a gold mine on his property, he must figure out how to harvest it without kicking off a gold rush. Michelle, educated and trained to run her father's business,...
Author
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Captain Sean Mulkerin comes home from the sea to find his family's Malibu rance in jeopardy. The death of Sean's father has pushed his mother to the edge of financial ruin, and now it's up to Sean to find a way out. The rumor is that the elder Mulkerin found gold in the wild and haunted California hills, but the only clue to its whereabouts lies with an ancient, enigmatic Indian.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Determind to put the unspeakable circumstances of her past behind her, twenty-year-old Mattie O'Keefe travels to Deadwood, South Dakota, in search of her brother, whose letters boast of making a fortune in the gold fields.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
834 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This novel is a murder mystery set in a remote gold-mining frontier town in 19th-century New Zealand. Arriving in New Zealand in 1866 a weary Englishman, Walter Moody, lands in a gold-mining frontier town on the coast of New Zealand to make his fortune and forever leave behind his family's shame. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to investigate what links three crimes that occurred on a single...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The middle daughter of struggling California fruit farmers, Alice Bush is accustomed to feeling inferior and destitute. But when her elder sister's husband strikes a vein of gold in the Yukon Territory, Alice finally seizes control of her destiny by joining a wave of white settlers making the dangerous trek to the Klondike. What follows is an awakening of ambition for the quietly opportunistic Alice, who, by luck and circumstance, becomes tightly...
12) Pale rider
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Describes the California gold rush that started in 1848 from the perspectives of a builder at Sutter's Mill, a Forty-Niner, and a gold prospector. Includes a glossary, literacy activities, and further resources.
14) The gold rush
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
vii, 118 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Standard full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A magnificent Alaskan dog who leads his team to victory in the National Open Sled Dog Race, Kavik is bought by wealthy, unscrupulous businessman George Hunter, but his plane crashes en route to Seattle. Twelve-year-old Andy finds the badly wounded Kavik in the woods, nurses him back to health when no one believes he will survive, and loves the once proud dog, who is left fearful and cowardly by the accident. Hearing of Kavik's amazing recovery, Hunter...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1851 twelve-year-old Sarah is a free Black, happy living with her parents, grandparents, and brother on their own farm in Iowa; but her father has been bitten by the gold bug and wants to take the trail west to California, and after some argument it is decided that the the grandparents will stay on the farm, but the rest of the family will go; the journey will be difficult and dangerous, but if they survive extreme weather, difficult terrain, illness,...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map.
Language
English
Description
Collects primary sources that provide a history of the 1848 Gold Rush and its impact on California and the country. Includes color illustrations, critical thinking questions, a glossary, and further resources.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
Language
English
Description
Offers a brief history of the California Gold Rush in the mid 1800s, during which hundreds of thousands of people rushed to the west coast in search of their fortune. Discusses the hardships and dangers of the business and various notable people who famously succeeded or failed. Includes illustrations and photographs, a glossary, critical thinking questions, resources for further reading, and an index.
Author
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
One of Newbery Medalist Sid Fleischman's most beloved books, this rip-snortin' saga of a young man and his butler bound for California during the great Gold Rush was just made to be read by a full cast. Our collection of coots, codgers, geezers, and outlaws will have you laughing out loud-when you're not holding your breath in suspense!