(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Describes the California Gold Rush of 1848 during which many American men left in search of wealth while their families stayed home to sustain their businesses and farms. Also examines the lure of success that drew people to California and the conditions and violence they encountered there.
Publisher
Heyday Books in conjunction with the California Council for the Humanities
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
An anthology of over one hundred writings about life in California before, during, and after the Gold Rush, compiled in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the discovery of gold nuggets at Sutter's Mill in 1848.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
What's more dangerous than scaling Mount Everest? For mountaineer Pete Athans, the answer lies in the ancient kingdom of Mustang, a remote part of the Asian nation of Nepal. Long-abandoned caves built high into steep cliffs contain amazing treasures-and pose incredible dangers. Reaching these "sky caves" safely takes guts, smarts, and luck. And then there's the question of what to do with a two-thousand-year-old human skull. . .
From 2007 to...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The Apollo missions to the Moon are some of the most successful and well-remembered manned spaceflights that NASA has ever accomplished, taking place in the heyday of space travel. Indeed, the program was the only one to achieve the ultimate goal of placing humankind on the Moon, which it did no less than six times between 1969 and 1972. Here aviation author Norman Ferguson reveals fascinating facts and figures, and recounts amazing stories about...
10) Pale rider
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
One man stands up to the corporate mining boss who is out to kill all of the independent miners in gold rush California.
Author
Publisher
Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Journey now to San Francisco, California, of 1853 where. An English socialite finds more treasure than expected on her trip to the American West. When Abby Effingham becomes stranded in the middle of the California gold rush, her money depletes quickly even while her prospects for marriage increase daily. But Abby is on a mission to find her mother not romance. Will a ridiculous scandal keep her from traveling on, or will it wake up an aloof innkeeper...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Len Fisher showed just how much fun science can be in his enthusiastically praised debut, How to Dunk a Doughnut. In this new work, he reveals that science sometimes takes a path through the ridiculous and the bizarre to discover that Nature often simply does not follow common sense. One experiment, involving a bed, platform scales, and a dying man, seemed to prove that the soul weighed the same as a slice of bread. But other, no less fanciful experiments...
17) The gold rush
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Profiles the gold rush and discusses how people traveled West, what tools they used to find gold, where most of the travelers settled, and other related topics.
18) The discoverers
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Tells the ongoing story of the progressive discovery by man of the nature of the observable world and universe.
Author
Publisher
Flash Point
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces young readers to the history of the California gold rush, describing the journey to California, the process of panning for gold, and the fortunes that this gold brought many different people.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request