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"In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities in the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet - in winter yet -...
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"After the tragic death of her husband and son on a remote island in Washington's San Juan Islands, Eliza Waite joins the throng of miners, fortune hunters, business owners, con men, and prostitues traveling north to the Klondike in the spring of 1898. Using Gold Rush history, diary entries and authentic pioneer recipes, Eliza Waite transports readers to the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of a raucous and fleeting era of American history." --...
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"This beautifully crafted hardcover volume gathers the timeless tale of two of Jack London's complete novels, The Call of the Wild and White Fang. London's profound experiences of survival amid the wilderness explore deep questions of humanity's place in the savage beauty of the world"-- Provided by publisher.
"Experience the thrill of exploration and adventure through the literary works of Jack London, presented by the Dover Bookshelf. This beautifully...
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Library of America volume 6
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Literary Classics of the United States
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[1982]
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This Library of America volume of Jack London's best-known work is filled with thrilling action, an intuitive feeling for animal life, and a sense of justice that often works itself out through violence. London enjoyed phenomenal popularity in his own time (which included the depressions of the 1890s and the beginnings of World War One), and he remains one of the most widely read of all American writers.
The Call of the Wild (1903), perhaps the best...
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"Archie is traveling with his uncle Harold, a member of an entertainment revue hired by the renovated Dawson City Theatre, to perform for the Yukon gold rushers. While there, Harold befriends an older gentleman, Montgomery Wycroft, who is in the area panning 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...
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"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. The domesticated life of a powerful St. Bernard-Shepherd mix named Buck is quickly turned on end when he is stolen away from his master and put to work as a sled dog in Alaska. His once life of luxury turns into a life of survival...
8) Gold rushes
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"This comprehensive title is a thought-provoking examination of how early gold rushes shaped settlement and industry in North America. Using material from the 1848 California Gold Rush, the 1896 Klondike Gold Rush, and other rushes in Georgia, Montana, and British Columbia, primary and secondary sources about these rushes are examined with respect to race and ethnicity, the displacement of Indigenous peoples, and different perspectives on law and...
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"A bold mix of realism, allegory, adventure, and progressive politics, this collection features Jack London's most profound and moving literary works... The Call of the Wild, London's elemental masterpiece about a dog learning to survive in the wilderness, sees pampered pet Buck snatched from his home and set to work as a sled-dog during the Klondike Gold Rush. White Fang, set in the frozen tundra and boreal forests of Canada's Yukon Territory, is...
11) White Fang
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Walt Disney Home Video
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[1991?]
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A young man tries to fulfill his father's wish to find gold in the treacherous Yukon Valley of Alaska. Along the way he befriends a veteran gold miner and a magnificent wolf-dog named White Fang.
12) Lecture on the Klondike mining district: delivered at Victoria, British Columbia, November 5th, 1897
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Richard Wolfenden, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
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1897.
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Excelsior library of popular handbooks volume no. 48
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Excelsior Publishing House
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1897.
19) White Fang
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Starry Forest Books
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2021.
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Short, action-packed chapters are perfect for growing readers.
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Engineering and mining volume no. 1
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American Technical Book Co
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[1897]
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