Gold Dust on His Shirt
Gold Dust on His Shirt

Author: Irene Howard

Publisher: Between the Lines

Published: 2010-12-08

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 192666213X

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Gold Dust on His Shirt is an evocative telling of the experience of a Scandinavian immigrant family of hard-rock miners at the turn of the century and up to World War II. Based on fascinating historical research, these are tales of arriving in "Amerika," blasting the Grand Trunk Pacific railway, work in the mines, and domestic life and labour struggles in company towns throughout British Columbia. Part family history, part economic and social history, Gold Dust on His Shirt is an intriguing look at life on the industrial frontier, the world of immigrant workers and the rise of unions such as the Wobblies. This remarkable and provocative tale of a family, region and era references a number of broader social and political issues.

Gold Dust
Gold Dust

Author: Ibrahim al-Koni

Publisher: American University in Cairo Press

Published: 2020-03-03

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1617970697

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“Imagine Cormac McCarthy's savage lyricism in a Paul Bowles desert landscape and you begin to enter the bleakly beautiful world of this mesmerizing, fable-like novel.”—The Independent Gold Dust is a classic story of the brotherhood between man and beast, the thread of companionship that is all the difference between life and death in the desert. It is a story of the fight to endure in a world of limitless and waterless wastes, and a parable of the struggle to survive in the most dangerous landscape of all: human society. Rejected by his tribe and hunted by the kin of the man he killed, Ukhayyad and his thoroughbred camel flee across the desolate Tuareg deserts of the Libyan Sahara. Between bloody wars against the Italians in the north and famine raging in the south, Ukhayyad rides for the remote rock caves of Jebel Hasawna. There, he says farewell to the mount who has been his companion through thirst, disease, lust, and loneliness. Alone in the desert, haunted by the prophetic cave paintings of ancient hunting scenes and the cries of jinn in the night, Ukhayyad awaits the arrival of his pursuers and their insatiable hunger for blood and gold.

Sagebrush or Gold Dust
Sagebrush or Gold Dust

Author: H.S. Haskell

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2010-06-04

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 1452008485

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The book is the true story of one pioneer families' journey to Oregon and the establishment of a homestead ranch near Auburn, Oregon; site of the famed 1861 Gold Strike by Henry Griffin. This novel details the actual accounts of the Haskell family in their struggle to survive their new life in Eastern Oregon. This narrative details a long running feud between the patriarch, Monroe Galusha Haskell, and his oldest son, Charlie Haskell. Monroe was secure in his supreme wisdom that ranching was Charlie's destiny. But he locked horns endlessly with his son whose independent spirit and high roller faith convinced him that he'd find his destiny in becoming the owner of a Gold Mine. Historic accounts of cattle rustling, crippling droughts, hard drinking, deadly blizzards, murders and lynchings, the sudden deaths of five family members, a traumatic accident that leaves a daughter with bouts of temporary insanity and a grudge against chickens, and finally two grandsons who enlist in World War One. The youngest sees action in the biggest battles with American General Blackjack Pershing and pays dearly for it. At times sad and then humorous these tales define what it is about us as people that makes us most interesting; our virtues and flaws; in short, our humanity.

God of Wonders
God of Wonders

Author: Brian Guerin

Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers

Published: 2014-06-17

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 0768404266

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Get ready to see the voice of God! God speaks to us in many different ways. Some unusual. Some downright otherworldly. And some more common than others. And yet, is it possible for God to speak to you in a way that can be seen with your eyes? He’s been doing it for centuries! Join Brian Guerin on a life-changing journey to experience the God Who speaks through the supernatural—signs, wonders, and miracles. - Expect to be overwhelmed by the awe, glory, and wonder of God - Experience new intimacy with the Holy Spirit that will increase your ability to not only hear God’s voice, but see it - Evaluate the difference between genuine and counterfeit miracles - Encounter the supernatural power of God like never before Get ready for an unforgettable journey into the miraculous and come face to face with the God of Wonders!

Mr. Monk in Trouble
Mr. Monk in Trouble

Author: Lee Goldberg

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-12-01

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1101151927

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Ever since a 1962 unsolved train robbery made it famous, people have flocked to the town of Trouble in California's gold country, searching for the booty that train robbers supposedly dumped off the Golden Rail Express in a botched heist. When the town's museum's watchman is murdered, Adrian Monk and his assistant, Natalie, are sent to investigate. But if Monk isn't careful, he'll learn that the town of Trouble can live up to its name.

Gold!
Gold!

Author: Fred Rosen

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2015-11-17

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1504024486

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A riveting true account of gold rush fever in mid-nineteenth-century America, rich with the thrilling exploits of daring fortune seekers and dangerous outlaws America was never the same after January 24, 1848. It was on that day that a carpenter named James Marshall discovered a tiny nugget of gold while building a sawmill at Sutter’s Fort, just east of Sacramento, California. Marshall’s find ignited a fever the nation had never known before, drawing people from all over the country to the West Coast with high hopes of getting rich quick. Over the next six years, three hundred thousand prospectors raced to the California gold fields to make their fortunes, leaving their lands and families behind in order to chase a dream of easy wealth, but all too often encountering a reality of lawlessness, disease, cruelty, and death. A former columnist for the New York Times, author Fred Rosen takes readers back to the seminal moment when the American dream exploded. Chock full of fascinating details, unforgettable characters, and shocking real-life events, the captivating true story of the California gold rush brings an era of unparalleled change to breathtaking life. Rosen’s enthralling history of the gold rush of 1848 demonstrates how this golden ideal was supplanted by a culture of selfishness and greed that endures in America to this very day.

The Empire Builders
The Empire Builders

Author: Vivian Stuart

Publisher: Skinnbok

Published: 2023-08-17

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 9979642424

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The seventeenth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country made of blood, passion, and dreams. Destinies intertwine and brutal battles ensue to secure a brighter future. During the 1860s, Australian settlers, among them Lady Kitty Broome and Adam Vincent, venture out on new, exciting adventures which will lead to a war between cultures, friends and lovers, as they fight for the future of their world.