Author: Henry H. NearyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780909665760
Category : Pioneers
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Ghosts of the Goldfields
Author: Henry H. NearyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780909665760
Category : Pioneers
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Ghosts Have Never Left
Author: John WattPublisher:
ISBN: 9780648906780
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In words and images this book seeks to capture both the glory days and haunting reminders of 21 Victorian Gold Rush towns, that today are either small, sleepy or non-existent. The authors have also identified slices of important, and often little known, history associated with each of the 21 towns. Topics as diverse as the lights of Cobb & Co, the pen of Henry Handel Richardson, the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, and the birth of an iconic wine, all have a link to at least one of the towns explored. This version was published on Kindle Direct Publishing.
Gold and Ghosts
Author: David W. De HavellandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Ghosts of the Goldfields
Author: Henry H. NearyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Gold Seekers
Author: Nancy RobertsPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1611173604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A history of the earlier Southern gold rush and its legends that—for the first time—ties it to the well-known California gold rush of 1849. Nancy Roberts tells how it all began in North Carolina, which supplied all the domestic gold coined at the US Mint between 1804 and 1828. She tells the story of the discovery of the gold in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama and later in California and Colorado, including how the Virginia, Carolina and Georgia gold miners abandoned their mines within weeks after news arrived of the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Creek. And, for a while, they were said to be the only experienced miners in the Western gold fields. Ms. Roberts recreates with gusto and suspense the experiences of real people—the adventurers and entrepreneurs, family men and rascals, immigrants and bandits, entertainers and miners—and also includes several tales of the supernatural from the period. There was North Carolina’s flamboyant Walter George Newman, who fleeced the wolves of Wall Street; “Fool Billy,” who South Carolinians discovered was not a fool at all; a romantic specter called Scarlett O’Hara of the Dorn Mine; Georgian Green Russell, with his beard braided like a pirate, who founded Denver; “Free Jim,” the only black man in Dahlonega to own his own gold mine only to leave it for San Francisco; the Grisly Ghost of Gold Hill; a general from North Carolina who became an influential Californian; the ghost bride of Vallecito; and California’s bandit, the enigmatic Black Bart.
Ghosts of Gold Mountain
Author: Gordon H. ChangPublisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 1328618579
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now.
How Much of These Hills is Gold
Author: C Pam ZhangPublisher:
ISBN: 0525537201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining town, they set off to bury their father in the only way that will set them free from their past. Along the way, they encounter giant buffalo bones, tiger paw prints, and the specters of a ravaged landscape as well as family secrets, sibling rivalry, and glimpses of a different kind of future.
Gold and Ghosts
Author: David W. De HavellandPublisher:
ISBN: 9780859051323
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
Gold Rush Ghosts of Placerville, Coloma & Georgetown
Author: Linda J. BottjerPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 162584994X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Fueled by the dream to strike it rich, prospectors flocked to California during the gold rush. Yet the harsh lifestyle and backbreaking work led many to early graves. Join author Linda Bottjer on a tour through Gold Country's most chilling--and true--haunted tales. Tales such as the hangman of Placerville, whose distinctive wheeze is a sign of his continued presence. Or the Georgetown miner whose unrequited love for a much younger lady of the night finds him still pining for her in death as he did in life. And in Coloma, the ghost of James Marshall is said to dwell on the lonely hilltop where his cabin and monument now stand. These stories, and many others, capture the ghostly spirit of Gold Country.
The Ghosts of Moonlight Creek
Author: Sue CopseyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780473359461
Category : Deception
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"When Anastasia's movie director father invites Joes and the gang to hang out with the stars on location near Queenstown, they soon discover there's more than one reason why the old gold-mining settlement of Moonlight is known as a ghost town"--Back cover.