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In 1876 Deadwood, South Dakota, twenty-year-old Mattie O'Keefe, having left a job working at a gambling house as a singer, looks for her younger brother while struggling with the temptation of gold mining and the message of a handsome preacher who warns against the storing of riches.
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House of Winslow volume 17
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
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When Cass promises a dying man that he will take the man's daughter with him to search for gold in the Yukon and share whatever gold found, Cass and Serena discover the hardship of the gold fields.
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Goldtown adventures volume 03
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Jem Coulter's pa, the sheriff of Goldtown, is away on a trip to deliver a prisoner to Sacramento, and he has left Jem in charge of the ranch—along with Aunt Rose, that is.
No sooner is the sheriff gone then trouble starts—a dead calf, a mysterious stranger, and then Pa's horse, Copper, and his prize rifle are stolen. And Pa's deputies seem unconcerned.
Jem and his cousin Nathan find Copper's tracks end at a dark canyon up in the hills....
No sooner is the sheriff gone then trouble starts—a dead calf, a mysterious stranger, and then Pa's horse, Copper, and his prize rifle are stolen. And Pa's deputies seem unconcerned.
Jem and his cousin Nathan find Copper's tracks end at a dark canyon up in the hills....
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Goldtown adventures volume 04
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Jem Coulter thinks his family is just on a sightseeing trip to the big city of Sacramento. Then armed bandits hold up the stagecoach for the secret stash they're carrying: gold for the Union Army fighting the distant Civil War! Suddenly war isn't so far away; it's right there on the road to Sacramento, with Jem's father, the sheriff of Goldtown, fighting against the rebel army's Knights of the Golden Circle.
When the family finally reaches the...
When the family finally reaches the...
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Goldtown beginnings volume 01
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"Seven-year-old Jem Coulter's family is trying to make a go of it in Goldtown, with Pa panning for gold and Mama baking pies and washing laundry to make ends meet. Jem and his little sister, Ellie, do everything they can to help out. But it's hard to help when Will Sterling, a rich boy with a mean streak, picks on Jem every time he runs errands for Mama. When Will's antics end up ruining the pies, Jem's had enough. No pies means no money for the whole...
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Goldtown adventures volume 02
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When Jem Coulter is caught in a miners' riot, he learns the worst: the Midas mine is no longer producing the gold the town relies on to stay alive. Will, the son of the mine's owner, tells Jem the only way to get the Midas working again is to blast deep into the ground. This means a nearby abandoned mine must be reclaimed for an air shaft.But Jem discovers that Chinese miners, including his friend Wu Shen, are working those old scavenger diggings....
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Goldtown beginnings volume 02
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"Jem needs to buy food for his dog, Gold Nugget. But try as he may, his panning just never leads to gold. When he asks for a job, Mr. Sims, the café owner, sends him out to catch bullfrogs for the menu. Money and frog catching--what a great solution for this active boy! But Nugget and Jem's little sister, Ellie, get in the way and ruin his plans. When he argues with Ellie, she stomps off in a huff, and Jem can get back to work. He heads home with...
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Goldtown beginnings volume 04
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"Jem is turning eight years old. And there's just one thing he wants for his birthday: a prospecting trip with Strike-it-rich Sam. With his grown-up friend to watch out for him, Jem's parents say yes. It's off for two weeks in the mountains to find gold! But this trip isn't going as planned. There are more tall tales from Sam than there are deep pockets of gold ore. And the map to rich diggings they brought along doesn't have any treasure at the end...
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2:52 mysteries of Eckert House volume 4
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Eleven-year old Dan helps discover the whereabouts of a long-lost golden room, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and devises a plan to keep it safe until a decision about its true ownership can be made.
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Amish frontier volume 02
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In the early 1900s, after his family joins other Amish families on the Colorado frontier, young Joe, dreaming of an easier life, tries his hand at gold panning and learns some of life's truly golden lessons from an old prospector.
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