Margot, Willie, son frère jumeau, mémère Bette et l’oncle Albert se lancent à la conquête du Klondike! Cette drôle d’équipe fera un voyage plein de péripéties de l’Alaska à Dawson. Sur terre ou en plein fleuve, les aventures de Margot...
Gold mines and mining
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Auteur:Sauriol, Louise-Michelle, Dupas, Philippe, Therrien, JoanneSommaire: - Auteur:CATRAN, KenSommaire:
A tale about a young Chinese girl and an Irish lad who are drawn to the Otago goldfields in the 1860s in the hope of striking it rich.
- Auteur:BRAND, MaxSommaire:
A typical early 20th century western. It's a tale of a tough guy who gets involved with an evil man with an angel daughter for whom the tough guy falls. His efforts to recover hers and her father's gold mine claims is the...
- Auteur:Morgan, LaelSommaire:
In the boomtowns of the Alaska-Yukon stampedes, where gold dust was common currency, the rarest commodity was an attractive woman, and her company could be costly. Author Lael Morgan takes you into the heart of the gold rush demimonde,...
- Auteur:Hollihan, TonySommaire:
From California's 49ers to the Klondikers in the Yukon, men and women with a lust for fortune and adventure stampeded to the gold fields of the West. All the biggest gold rushes of the 19th-century frontier are recounted in this...
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Auteur:Lewis, Jim, Campany, SusanSommaire:“I want to gold pan; I want to strike rich. I’ve been searching for a stream of gold. It’s these fortunes I never win that keep me searching for a stream of gold. And I’m getting old. I keep searching for my stream of gold; and I’m...
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Auteur:Basque, GarnetSommaire:With the economy as uncertain as ever, gold panning is making a comeback. Why not pick up a piece or two of surprisingly simple equipment and check that stream by your campsite? The techniques, the pans, the pickaxes and the educated...
- Auteur:Elliott, MarieSommaire:
The history of gold mining on the Queen Charlottes (Haida Gwaii), the Fraser River, and in particular the Cariboo, with short bios of many of the important figures in the gold rush such as James Douglas and Matthew Baillie Begbie, as...
- Auteur:Hughes, MonicaSommaire:
Two adventurous kids travel to the Klondike River Valley gold fields to see if they can find their missing father.
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Auteur:Mole, RichSommaire:In 1897, tens of thousands of would-be prospectors flooded into the Yukon in search of instant wealth during the Klondike Gold Rush. In this historical tale of mayhem and obsession, characters like prospectors George Carmack and Skookum...
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Auteur:Graves, AshnaSommaire:While recovering from breast cancer, journalist Jeneva Leopold seeks solitude and healing at her uncle’s idle gold mine in the sagebrush desert of Eastern Oregon. Hiking the rocky ridges, swimming in the old mining pond, and ignoring...
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Auteur:Gallaher, BillSommaire:Best-selling chronicler of the gold rush Bill Gallaher now brings us the compelling story of the Rennie brothers. Lured by dreams of wealth and a better life, William, Gilbert and Thomas Rennie set out for the Cariboo goldfields in the...
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Auteur:Wishinsky, Frieda, Griffiths, DeanSommaire:Since discovering the Canadian Flyer, a magical time-traveling sled, in Emily’s attic, Matt and Emily have met fearsome pirates in Frobisher Bay and outrun dinosaurs in the Alberta badlands. In Crazy for Gold, Emily and Matt fly to the...
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Auteur:Gaetz, DayleSommaire:Rusty, Katie and Sheila are sent out of town with Rusty's grandparents to keep them out of trouble. This time the trio is in historic Barkerville, a gold rush town with a secret. After witnessing what they take to be a ghost in the...
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Auteur:Wright, Richard ThomasSommaire:The stories of the men and women who dug for gold on Williams Creek are told in this revised and updated edition of a Canadian bestseller. The legendary town of Barkerville is flourishing today, just as it did more than 150 years ago,...
- Auteur:Harris, YvonneSommaire:
This sweeping saga is set in the 1860s when Canada was emerging as a nation, during the Cariboo gold rush and against the backdrop the U.S. Civil War. Alice, a strong-minded woman, witnesses the injustices that surround her but is...
- Auteur:Leavitt, SarahSommaire:
Agnes, Murderess is a graphic novel about the bloody folk legend of Agnes McVee, a roadhouse owner, madam, and serial killer in the Cariboo region of British Columbia during the gold rush.
- Auteur:Peterson, TracieSommaire:
Bestselling Author Tracie Peterson Launches Exciting New Series Set in 1890s Montana Emily Carver wants a home where she can put down roots instead of following her gold-hungry father from one mining camp to another. She also longs for...
- Auteur:Clacy, EllenSommaire:
A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 is an account of Clacy's visit with her brother to the Victorian goldfields. It combines detailed description with features of real dramatic interest and gives a lively...
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Auteur:Chaikin, Linda LeeSommaire:Fils du châtelain de Grimston Way, l’aristocrate Rogan Chantry s’est démené pour gagner son indépendance de Sir Julien Bley et de la Société britannique en Afrique du Sud. À présent, sa recherche d’un mystérieux dépôt d’or, dont l’...
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