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21) Shotgun Johnny
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Shotgun Johnny volume 1
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"Armed with his weapons of choice--two sawed-off, double-barreled shotguns in custom-made holsters for pistol-quick draws--Shotgun Johnny ain't stopping for no one . . . not unless they want to die. Johnny Greenway was once a family man. A well-respected marshal who always played fair. Then his wife and son were killed by cutthroats. Johnny killed the killers. Then he hung up his badge and picked up a bottle. Now a shadow of his former self, he has...
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2021.
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Upon arriving in Kenworthy, California, mail-order bride Juniper Cohen is met by the pounding of the gold mine, an untamable landscape, and her greatest surprise of all: the kind and loving man who awaits her. But when the mine proves empty of profit, and when Juniper's husband, John, vanishes, Juniper is left to fend for herself and her young daughter in the dwindling boomtown that is now her home. Juniper pens letters to her husband but fears she...
31) By the neck
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2021.
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Rollie Finnegan is a man of few words. As a 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. But when...
32) The King's fifth
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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In this deeply affecting novel Scott O'Dell envelops the reader in the heroic world of the conquistadors - a world that is at once somber and many-colored. Though they may have been ruthless, these steel-helmeted young men of Spain lived their lives on the very edge of eternity with style and uncommon courage.
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Pub. Date
[1994]
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Precious Dust traces the experience of the hundreds of thousands of goldseekers who converged upon the American and Canadian West during America's great gold-rush era, 1848-1900. Beginning with the initial stampedes to California's "mother lode" country and continuing on to the zealous pursuit of gold mixed with sand on the beaches of Nome, Alaska, author Paula Mitchell Marks explores the various facets of the goldseekers' adventures: what propelled...
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Maggie Stevens's husband, Carter, has provided her with all the unexpected revelations she can handle. He told her that he didn't love her anymore, and as if that wasn't enough, that he had a new love. So when an envelope from an attorney arrives, Maggie is not looking forward to another surprise. Jacob Charles Murphy has died and has left his daughter, Maggie, a gold mine. Maggie has never really known her father, but this seems to be some unexpected...
35) The colour
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A husband and wife emigrate from England to New Zealand and find themselves caught in a drama of love and greed during the mid-nineteenth-century Gold Rush.
36) The high graders
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The town of Rafter Crossing had been simmering for some time when Mike Shevlin rode in. The quiet ranching community has turned into a booming mining town, and the newfound wealth has made Rafter Crossing anything but peaceful. The cattlemen are bound and determined to close down the mines because they're poisoning the range water. And the miners are stealing the high-grade ore that rightfully belongs to Laine Tennison. Mike Shevlin's mission is to...
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Pub. Date
2005.
Description
Mines are listed alphabetically by counties, with a separate section devoted to coal mines and ore mills. Each listing includes mine yields along with names of owners, officers, and key employees. Based on Thomas Corbett's directory of Colorado's gold mines, silver mines, coal mines, and ore mills.
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