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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Stolen from his life as a beloved pet, Buck must learn to adapt to abuse as a Klondike sled dog, to life with a loving master, John Thornton, and finally, when Thornton dies, to life in the wild as a leader of the wolf pack.
Publisher
National Geographic Channel
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Gold's appeal and value span time and cultures, but there is a little-known secret to the story of gold. Most of the gold mined throughout history remains in circulation today, even the gold closest to your heart may have dark origins. From the Amazon jungle to the markets of Dubai, National Geographic examines the underbelly of the modern gold trade with a treasure hunter and an illegal miner to expose its volatile history.
Author
Publisher
Heyday
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"This volume explores the deeply human stories of the California Gold Rush generation, drawing out all the brutality, tragedy, humor, and prosperity as lived by those who experienced it. In less than ten years, more than 300,000 people made the journey to California, some from as far away as Chile and China. Many of them were dreamers seeking a better life, like Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, who eventually became the first African American judge, and Eliza...
12) Barbary Coast
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1935
Language
English
Description
A ruthless gambling boss cannot win the love of the girl he made into a star attraction in his California saloon during the Gold Rush.
Author
Series
Dog chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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?"--
16) Gold fever!
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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