Go West with Miners, Prospectors, and Loggers

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Cynthia O’Brien. This book describes those who came because of the land’s rich natural resources. “News stories” reveal the hard lives of miners in the Rockies and the desperation of prospectors searching for riches in the gold rushes in California, Alaska, and on the Klondike River in the Yukon. 32 pages; hardcover.

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