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1	Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849 more books like this by Kristiana Gregory add to wishlist Susanna Fairchild and her family are on board a ship sailing from New York to the West, where they plan to start a new life in Oregon. But tragedy strikes when Susanna's mother is lost to the sea. Hearing stories of great wealth, Susanna's physician father decides he wants to join the hordes of men rushing to California to mine for gold. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.59! \| SVS
2	California Gold more books like this by John Jakes add to wishlist Set in California at the turn of the century this is the story of Mack Chance, a young dreamer seeking his fortune. He becomes rich and powerful in the oil industry and then in the film business, but his private life is cursed by failure. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Irish Love more books like this by Andrew M Greeley add to wishlist Psychic sleuth Nuala McGrail retreats to her family home in the remote West of Ireland for some rest and relaxation. She soon finds herself sucked back into crime-solving, though. While exploring a rocky seaside area, Nuala receives psychic intimations of a horrible massacre that took place on the site more than a century before. As she begins to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.24! \| first editions \| SVS
4	By the Great Horn Spoon more books like this by Sid Fleischman add to wishlist The year is 1849. Young Jack Flagg sets out to recoup his Aunt Arabella's fortune on a ship bound from Boston to the California gold fields. Thus begin the wild, swashbuckling adventures of a determined 12-year-old and his intrepid butler. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Gold Mine more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist Rod Ironsides, ambitious and hard-living mining expert, is offered the chance of a lifetime by promotion to general manager of a South African gold mine. The owner is a coldly obsessive genius who demands unquestioning obedience. Both men become the unwitting tools of ruthless outside forces. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Journey more books like this by James A Michener add to wishlist When news breaks in England in 1897 that gold has been discovered in the Canadian Klondike, Lord Evelyn Luton, a veteran explorer, resolves to set sail at once for the goldfields. This thriller charts the attempts of Luton and his men to reach the Klondike despite set-backs and freezing cold. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Lando more books like this by Louis L'Amour add to wishlist This installment in the Sackett Family saga follows the adventures of Lando Sackett who, after six years in jail, has revenge etched on his brain--and he will not stop until the men who set up his fall get what is coming to them. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Snow Angel more books like this by Jamie Carie add to wishlist When a mysterious woman faints at the door of a house of a good-hearted man during Alaskas 1897 gold rush, longtime secrets and fresh romantic feelings must soon enough be confessed. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.94! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Yesterday's Promise more books like this by Linda Lee Chaikin add to wishlist As the son of the squire of Grimston Way, aristocrat Rogan Chantry has fought hard to win his independence from Sir Julien Bley and the British South Africa Company. Woven together with colorful threads of faith, danger, history, and romance, "Yesterday's Promise" is a beautifully crafted tapestry of rich historical fiction. see all copies from $3.04! new only from $12.92!
10	Border Legion more books like this by Zane Grey add to wishlist Jack Kells was a remorseless killer and head of a gang of outlaws. He didn't think twice when he kidnapped Joan Randle on the Idaho trail. As bad as he was, he knew he had to protect her from those worse than he. Kells had a price on his head and on his heels. Now, loving this woman could cost him his life, or it could make him a hero in the wild, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Calico Palace more books like this by Gwen Bristow add to wishlist This thrilling story of the California gold rush is not about the forty-niners, the prospectors who came rushing to the San Francisco area in 1849, but about the men and women who were there when it all began with the first discovery of gold in 1848, when San Francisco was a village of 900 people. These were the people who went up to the hills and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Power of the Mountain Man more books like this by William W Johnstone add to wishlist Responding to a cryptic message, legendary mountain man Smoke Jensen leaves his beloved Surgarloaf Ranch for San Francisco, where he learns of a plot by the gold barons and railroad magnates to expand their stronghold over the region's gold-rich lands. Beating a trail back into the High Sierras, Smoke recruits a band of angry prospectors, ranchers ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.13!
13 view cover	Granite Man & Warrior more books like this by Elizabeth Lowell add to wishlist Granite Man Mariah MacKenzie returned to her family's Rocky Mountain ranch determined to reclaim a life she's longed for. Cash McQueen was a distraction she didn't need, a temptation she didn't want-- but the only man tough enough to be her guide on a bold quest for a legendary treasure. Cash's passion for prospecting didn't run to beautiful ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
14 view cover	Silver Lining more books like this by Maggie Osborne add to wishlist In this Western romance, heroine Low Down finds herself betrothed to a gritty miner named Max McCord. After she's nursed Max and some of his buddies through an illness in the isolated Rocky Mountains, they ask her if there isn't anything they can do in return, and Low Down admits that she wants a baby more than anything in the world. So the miners ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Sackett more books like this by Louis L'Amour add to wishlist Tell Sackett comes upon a vein of pure gold in the high country. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Bloody Bozeman: The Perilous Trail to Montana's Gold more books like this by Dorothy M Johnson add to wishlist The Bozeman Trail led to the goldfields of Montana for six years in the 1860s before the army abandoned its three forts along the way, yielding to Red Cloud and his warriors. Hailed by A. B. Guthrie Jr. as "among the very best in the American Trail series, " The Bloody Bozeman weaves an "almost seamless" pattern of destiny and adventure. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Digger: The Tragic Fate of the California Indians from the Missions to the Goldrush more books like this by Jerry Stanley add to wishlist From the award-winning author of Children of the Dustbowl comes a sobering look at two of the most frequently romanticized events in American history. For the native peoples of California, the period from 1769, when the first Spanish Mission was founded, to the 1850s, when the Gold Rush was at its height, was one of terrible violence and ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $59.99! \| first editions
18 view cover	Pigeon Post more books like this by Arthur Ransome add to wishlist Reunited for the summer, the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hills above the lake. But the mining camp runs into all sorts of trouble: not only the danger of fire in the drought ridden countryside but also scary encounters with unsafe tunnels. Worst of all is the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.21! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	New Gold Panning is Easy more books like this by Roy Lagal, Charles Garrett add to wishlist Field guide for the beginner that shows exactly how to find and pan gold.Color and B/W photos. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $8.46! \| signed copies \| SVS
20 view cover	Mine boy more books like this by Peter Abrahams add to wishlist First published in 1946, this novel exposed the condition of black South Africans under a white regime. It presents a portrait of labour discrimination, appalling housing conditions and one man's humanitarian act of defiance. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.32! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Gamblers more books like this by Mike Jameson add to wishlist The famous Wild Bill Hickok has come to Deadwood to stake his claim--and someof the town's gamblers worry that the legendary lawman will clean up Deadwoodin this second novel in the Tales from Deadwood series. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| first editions
22	Gold and silver in the West; the illustrated history of an American dream more books like this by T. H. Watkins add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
23	Faded Footprints: The Lost Rhoades Gold Mines & Other Hidden Treasures of the Uintas more books like this by Treasure Chest Books (Creator), George A Thompson add to wishlist see all copies from $23.00! new only from $24.95!
24 view cover	Golden Treasures of San Juan more books like this by Temple H Cornelius, John B Marshall add to wishlist Golden Treasures of the San Juan contains fabulous stories of lost mines, bullion, and valuable prospects of one of the most beautiful mountain areas of the United States. Many of the stories are based on the personal adventures of author Cornelius. see all copies from $3.75! new only from $8.91! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Gold in Ontario more books like this by Michael Barnes add to wishlist Ontario produces almost half the more than $1 billion in gold mined annually in Canada. Michael Barnes presents an inside look at the evolution of gold prospecting and mining in Ontario. see all copies from $3.27! new only from $3.27! \| first editions

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