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In this rollicking adventure set during the California Gold Rush, Jack's aunt is forced to sell her beloved mansion to meet her debts. She is still unable to raise enough money to pay her creditors, and twelve-year-old Jack goes to California in search of gold to help her. Joined by his trusty butler, Praiseworthy, Jack finds adventure and trouble at every turn. Will Jack strike gold in San Francisco or come home empty-handed?
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The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike.
4) White Fang
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"A pup is born to the snow-bitten wilds of the Northwest Territories, not quite a wolf and not quite a dog either. In this brutal landscape, he must fight tooth and claw to live - and soon earns his name, White Fang. Journeying from the Yukon to California, White Fang will encounter savage lynxes, gold hunters, masters both cruel and kind, before finding his home at last. Inspired by author Jack London's own experiences and companion to The Call of...
7) Journey
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English
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Milwaukee Journal Gold fever swept the world in 1897. The chance for untold riches sent thousands of dreamers on a perilous trek toward their fortunes, failures, or deaths. Follow four English aristocrats and their Irish servant as they misguidedly haul their dreams across cruel Canadian terrain toward the Klondike gold fields.
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After her harrowing journey west to California, Lee Westfall has finally found a new home, one rich in gold, thanks to her magical power, a power that seems to be changing every day. But this home is rich in other ways, too: with friends who are searching for a place to be themselves, just as she is, and with love. Jefferson, her longtime best friend, hasn't stopped trying to win her heart. And Lee is more and more tempted to say yes. But her uncle...
9) Luminaries
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2013.
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Arriving in New Zealand in 1866 to seek his fortune in the goldfields, Walter Moody finds himself drawn into a series of unsolved crimes and complex mysteries.
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Children's Press
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[2010]
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English
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Discover the brief, brutal period of U.S. history known as the gold rush. Characterized by hope, greed, enterprise and thug rule, the gold rush transformed life in America--and began in January, 1848, with James Marshall's accidental discovery of gold in California.
13) Pale rider
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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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One man stands up to the corporate mining boss who is out to kill independent miners during the California gold rush.
15) The gold rush
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Criterion collection volume 615
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Criterion Collection
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English
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Classic Chaplin (the Little Tramp) prospects for gold, gets involved with a dance hall girl, and deals with a burly competitor during the Yukon gold rush.
17) The gold rush
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003.
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English
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The Little Tramp search for gold and love in the Klondike. Includes both a restored version of the original 1925 silent film, and the 1942 re-issue, the latter featuring a new score and narration written and spoken by Charles Chaplin.
18) Winds of promise
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Wayward wind volume 1
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T. Nelson
Pub. Date
c1997.
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English
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Winds of Promise deposits the reader in the 1850 gold rush fever that gripped San Francisco. The story of Rafer Maddox, the impulsive pilot of the steamer New World is rich in detail, the destitute Jamie O'Reilly whose true identity changes Maddox's life forever, his enemy Marrasco, and his true friend Elijah are all vividly portrayed. Maddox stumbles into a deadly ring of thievery that threatens all he loves, and brings his soul closer to the will...
20) Barbary Coast
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MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
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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.
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