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Author
Series
Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume no. 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
71 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hoping to escape the attention brought on by the accident that flattened Stanley, the Lambchop family drives to South Dakota, where they become involved in a wild west adventure at Mount Rushmore.
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1988
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 16 x 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In San Francisco during the 1850's gold rush, Chang, the son of Chinese immigrants, wants a pony but cannot afford one until his friend Big Pete finds a solution.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
To save her younger brother from being forced to work in the mines, twelve-year-old Mallie pretends to be a boy and learns to ride and train flying horses.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
162 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the start of the Klondike gold rush of 1897, while traveling through Canada with her father, uncle and friends, twelve-year-old aspiring author Hetty tries to determine the identity of a thief.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Shotgun Johnny Greenway thought he'd hit rock bottom when he lost his wife and son, hung up his badge, and hit the bottle. But a pretty young woman gave him a second chance. Offered him a job riding shotgun for the Reverend's Temptation Gold Mine. Gave him a reason to live. But even she can't save him when the Starrett gang tries to rob the gold--and Johnny is accused of killing their leader... When the dust clears, Shotgun Johnny is wanted for murder....
Author
Series
Dreams of gold trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
405 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
10) Shotgun Johnny
Author
Publisher
Pennacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
It takes a brave man to ride shotgun for the Reverend's Temptation Gold Mine in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It takes an even braver man to try to rob a coach of bullion when the shotgun rider is Johnny Greenway. Armed with his weapons of choice, Shotgun Johnny ain't stopping for no one ...
11) By the neck
Author
Series
Stoneface Finnegan western volume 1
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
363 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rollie Finnegan is a man of few words. As a former Pinkerton agent with two decades of experience under his belt, he uses his stony silence to break down suspects and squeeze out confessions. Hence the nickname Stoneface. Over the years, he's locked up plenty of killers. Now he's ready to make a killing--for himself... There's gold in the mountains of Idaho Territory. And the town of Boar Gulch is a golden opportunity for a tough guy like Finnegan....
Author
Series
Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume no. 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
71 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hoping to escape the attention brought on by the accident that flattened Stanley, the Lambchop family drives to South Dakota, where they become involved in a wild west adventure at Mount Rushmore.
13) Deep Creek
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
308 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Investigating the discovery of forty murdered Chinese gold miners in a 19th-century Idaho territory lake, lawman Joe Vincent teams up with an ambitious company researcher and a metis mountain guide to track the killers across the Pacific Northwest.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Poe Blythe, the young captain of the Outpost's last mining ship, wants revenge far more than the gold they tear from the Serpentine River. She has vowed to annihilate the river raiders who robbed her of everything two years ago. But as she navigates the treacherous waters of the Serpentine and realizes there might be a traitor among her crew, she must also reckon with who she has become, who she wants to be, and the ways love can change and shape...
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[31] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gracie Pearl has until sundown to find some gold to pay the rent to Mr. Bigglebottom, or he will take back the family gold mine and force her to marry him.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
379 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
It was there for the taking: $75,000 in gold bullion, the combined payrolls of three productive gold mines, just waiting to be stolen from under the noses of a bickering sheriff and city marshal. Billy Ray Gilmore and his band of kill-crazy outlaws have a plan to do it, too--that is, until Sixkiller comes to town. Hiding his badge to conceal his identity as a U.S. marshal, Sixkiller goes undercover to smoke out the culprits before they strike. But...
17) Blackwater Creek
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Erika and her family moved from Hungary to California in search of gold, but in 1849, when they have trouble paying their rent, Erica goes to work tending horses for their landlord and forms a bond with one of her charges.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
273 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Hoping to strike it rich, eleven-year-old Jasper and his older brother Melvin set out on a treacherous journey to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Archie is traveling with his uncle Harold to perform for those prospecting for gold. While there, Harold befriends an older gentleman, Montgomery Wycroft, who is in the area prospecting for gold. Archie and his uncle opt to stay behind in Dawson City, joining Monty on his dangerous quest for gold, battling with both greedy gold-seekers and the unforgiving Canadian terrain. Will Archie and his uncle strike gold, or will they find something more valuable?"--Title...
20) The empty land
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Matt Coburn faces a nearly impossible task when he seeks to establish law and order in Confusion, a Western town full of tough gunmen and outlaws.
"For thousands of years the lonely canyon knew only wind and rain, wild animals, and an occasional native hunter. Then a trapper found a chunk of gold, and everything changed overnight. In six days a town called Confusion appeared-- and on the seventh it could disappear, consumed by the flames of lawlessness...