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1) Cari Mora
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A ruthless man driven by unspeakable appetites to pursue a fortune in cartel gold hidden beneath a Miami mansion finds his efforts challenged by Cari Mora, the mansion's caretaker and a war survivor with unusual talents.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Shotgun Johnny Greenway thought he'd hit rock bottom when he lost his wife and son, hung up his badge, and hit the bottle. But a pretty young woman gave him a second chance. Offered him a job riding shotgun for the Reverend's Temptation Gold Mine. Gave him a reason to live. But even she can't save him when the Starrett gang tries to rob the gold--and Johnny is accused of killing their leader... When the dust clears, Shotgun Johnny is wanted for murder....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
We the people series. Describes adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state's development.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Finding gold isn't easy, and it requires planning. First Anna and Crocodile draw the whole world with an X that marks the spot. Then Anna fetches the boat, and off they sail! Finding gold does indeed turn out to be dangerous and difficult.
10) Klondike gold
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of William Howell, a young prospector who braved the arduous journey from Boston to the Yukon Territory in search of gold in the Klonkide River valley.
11) Gold rush album
Author
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
1949
Physical Desc
239 p.
Language
English
Description
Rush to the California gold fields a century ago is pictured in a collection of old prints, sketches, and daguerreotypes.
12) By the neck
Author
Series
Stoneface Finnegan western volume 1
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
363 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rollie Finnegan is a man of few words. As a former Pinkerton agent with two decades of experience under his belt, he uses his stony silence to break down suspects and squeeze out confessions. Hence the nickname Stoneface. Over the years, he's locked up plenty of killers. Now he's ready to make a killing--for himself... There's gold in the mountains of Idaho Territory. And the town of Boar Gulch is a golden opportunity for a tough guy like Finnegan....
14) Shotgun Johnny
Author
Series
Publisher
Pennacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
It takes a brave man to ride shotgun for the Reverend's Temptation Gold Mine in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It takes an even braver man to try to rob a coach of bullion when the shotgun rider is Johnny Greenway. Armed with his weapons of choice, Shotgun Johnny ain't stopping for no one ...
Author
Publisher
A Dell Book
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Gladdy Gold's exotic vacation has reached a pinnacle: a romantic soak in a hot tub with the man she adores, far from Florida and her nosy neighbors…until an urgent message concerning the safety of her best friends sends her running home. Now, her idyll is ony a memory, her would-be-beau, Jack, is furious, and not only are the girls of the Gladdy Gold Detective Agency alive and well-they're onto a hot new murder case. Is a suave senior Romeo to blame...
16) Border reprisal
Author
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
232 p.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
293 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
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.
18) The empty land
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Matt Coburn faces a nearly impossible task when he seeks to establish law and order in Confusion, a Western town full of tough gunmen and outlaws.
"For thousands of years the lonely canyon knew only wind and rain, wild animals, and an occasional native hunter. Then a trapper found a chunk of gold, and everything changed overnight. In six days a town called Confusion appeared-- and on the seventh it could disappear, consumed by the flames of lawlessness...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
1875. Kathryn Walsh arrives in tiny Calvada, a mining town nestled in the Sierra Nevadas. Banished from Boston by her wealthy stepfather, she has come to claim an inheritance from the uncle she never knew: a defunct newspaper office on a main street overflowing with brothels and saloons, and a seemingly worthless mine. Moved by the oppression of the local miners and their families, Kathryn decides to relaunch her uncle's newspaper-- and finds herself...