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1) By the Great Horn Spoon!

Author

Fleischman, Sid

Series

California Gold Rush novels volume 1

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Battle of the Books 2023-2024

Formats

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Jack and the butler stow away on a side-wheeler bound for California where they join the Gold Rush of 1849.

2) California gold discovery: sources, documents, accounts, and memoirs relating to the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill

Author

Paul, Rodman W

Publisher

Talisman Press

Pub. Date

1966

Physical Desc

237 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ; 29 cm.

3) White Fang

Author

London, Jack

Series

Whole story
Puffin classics
Graphic Classics

Formats

Book, Book on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, eComic

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Follows the adventures of a dog who is part wolf as he eventually makes his peace with man in the wilderness of northern Canada.

4) French journalist in the California Gold Rush: the letters of Etienne Derbec

Author

Derbec, Etienne

Publisher

Talisman Press

Pub. Date

1964

Physical Desc

258 p.

5) Striking it rich: the story of the California gold rush

Author

Krensky, Stephen

Series

Ready-to-read

Publisher

Aladdin Paperbacks

Pub. Date

1996

Physical Desc

p. cm.

Description

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Describes the discovery of gold in California and its impact on the development of California and the West.

6) California Gold Rush diary of a German sailor

Author

Windeler, Adolphus

Publisher

Howell-North Books

Pub. Date

1969

Physical Desc

236 p. : ill.

7) The forty-niners

Author

Johnson, William Weber

Series

Old West

Publisher

Time-Life Books

Pub. Date

c1974

Physical Desc

240 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports., maps.

8) Tales and treasures of the California gold rush

Author

Reinstedt, Randall A

Series

History and happenings of California

Publisher

Ghost Town Publications

Pub. Date

c1994

Physical Desc

112 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

9) The call of the wild

Author

London, Jack

Series

Whole story
Modern Library 100 best novels
American Classics Children's Collection

Formats

Book, Book on CD, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

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The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.

10) Gold rush album

Author

Jackson, Joseph Henry

Publisher

Bonanza Books

Pub. Date

c1949

Physical Desc

ix, 239 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

Formats

Book, Reference

11) Paint your wagon

Publisher

Paramount Home Video

Pub. Date

c2001

Physical Desc

1 DVD (164 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Description

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The story of a goldmining boom town centering on the work-and-play partnership of two miners and the wife they share.

12) The gold rush of 1849: staking a claim in California

Author

Blake, Arthur

Series

Spotlight on American history

Publisher

Millbrook Press

Pub. Date

c1995

Physical Desc

63 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

13) Bandit's moon

Author

Fleischman, Sid

Series

California Gold Rush novels volume 2

Publisher

Greenwillow Books

Pub. Date

c1998

Physical Desc

136 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Description

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Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquin Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800s.

14) Gold fever!: tales from the California gold rush

Publisher

National Geographic Society

Pub. Date

1999

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.

Description

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Uses lighthearted illustrations and excerpts from letters, journals, and newspaper articles to relate the story of the California Gold Rush of 1848.

15) The California Gold Rush

Author

Friedman, Mel

Series

True book

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2010

Physical Desc

48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 23 cm.

16) The California gold rush in American history

Author

Altman, Linda Jacobs

Series

In American history

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

c1997

Physical Desc

128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Description

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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.

17) Foreigners in the California gold rush: a thesis

Author

Sylva, Seville A

Publisher

University of Southern California Press

Pub. Date

1932

Physical Desc

73 p.

18) Discovery of gold in California

Publisher

Osborne

Pub. Date

1968

Physical Desc

80 p. : ill., ports., facsims.

19) California gold: story of the rush to riches : a mini-history

Author

Zauner, Phyllis

Publisher

Zanel Publications

Pub. Date

c1980

Physical Desc

59 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.

20) The California gold rush

Author

Ito, Tom

Series

World history series

Publisher

Lucent Books

Pub. Date

c1997

Physical Desc

112 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Description

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Discusses the events surrounding the nineteenth-century gold rush in California, the lifestyle of miners, and the phenomena of boom towns and ghost towns.

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1) By the Great Horn Spoon!

2) California gold discovery: sources, documents, accounts, and memoirs relating to the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill

3) White Fang

4) French journalist in the California Gold Rush: the letters of Etienne Derbec

5) Striking it rich: the story of the California gold rush

6) California Gold Rush diary of a German sailor

7) The forty-niners

8) Tales and treasures of the California gold rush

9) The call of the wild

10) Gold rush album

11) Paint your wagon

12) The gold rush of 1849: staking a claim in California

13) Bandit's moon

14) Gold fever!: tales from the California gold rush

15) The California Gold Rush

16) The California gold rush in American history

17) Foreigners in the California gold rush: a thesis

18) Discovery of gold in California

19) California gold: story of the rush to riches : a mini-history

20) The California gold rush

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