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Axle Bust Creek / by Shirley, John,1953-;
"From the battlefield of Shiloh to the prisoner camp at Slocum, former Union soldier Cleveland Trewe has seen more than enough carnage for one lifetime. Now that the war is over he's found work as a peacekeeper and prospector--the perfect set of survival skills for a town like Axle Bust, Nevada, a place seething with danger. Cleve's uncle staked a claim in Axle Bust only to lose it to a murderous con-man partnered with Duncan Conroy, owner of the Golden Fleece Mine and a man determined to build an empire by means fair and foul. The only person keeping Conroy in check is his sister Berenice, a freethinker whose scientific education benefits the family interests--even while catching Cleve's eye. To reclaim his uncle's mine, and bring justice to a town under tyranny, Cleve finds himself turning the streets into a bullet-riddled battlefield. Conroy is about to learn there just isn't room for both men in a town like Axle Bust."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Historical fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Gold miners;
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The Sisters Brothers [videorecording] / by Ahmed, Riz,1982-actor.; Audiard, Jacques,film director.; Gyllenhaal, Jake,1980-actor.; Hauer, Rutger,1944-actor.; Kane, Carol,1952-actor.; Phoenix, Joaquin,actor.; Reilly, John C.,1965-actor.; Root, Rebecca,actor.; Tolman, Allison,actor.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rebecca Root, Allison Tolman, Rutger Hauer, Carol Kane.Private detective John Morris (Jake Gyllenhaal) tracks scientist Hermann Warm (Riz Ahmed) in order to aid hit men brothers Eli (John C. Reilly) and Charlie Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix) with their task of killing him. But when Morris and Warm become unlikely allies, then, become even unlikelier allies with Eli and Charlie, all four men find their lives taking some unexpected turns.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Western films.; Assassins; Brothers; Gold miners;
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Tales of an unsung sourdough : the extraordinary Klondike adventures of Johnny Lind / by Lind, Philip B.,1943-author.; Brehl, Robert,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In the mid-1880s, Johnny Lind, a teenager from Pond Mills, Ontario, struck out for adventure and wealth. After a decade working as a railroader in the United States, Johnny headed north, to Yukon and Alaska, and he was mining gold nearby when the Klondike Gold Rush began. As a "sourdough," albeit an unsung one--the nickname for miners who had survived an entire winter in the North--Lind's story goes largely unrecognized in the lore of the era, his understated demeanor overshadowed by the larger-than-life characters that dominate the history books. But he kept journals recording his adventures in the Klondike, and these form an invaluable personal record. His stories shed light on the people and events of the gold rush, from the perspective of an everyman who wound up striking it rich. Here, Johnny Lind's grandson Phil Lind shares his grandfather's fascinating story, along with his love of the Klondike, the history of the gold rush, the colourful players in that famed period, and the peoples and land affected by the legendary stampede for wealth.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Lind, Johnny (Gold miner); Gold miners;
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Gold [videorecording] / by Howard, Bryce Dallas,1981-actor.; Keach, Stacy,actor.; Kebbell, Toby,actor.; McConaughey, Matthew,1969-actor.; Ramírez, Édgar,1977-actor.; Gaghan, Stephen,film director.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Matthew Mcconaughey, Edgar Ramirez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Toby Kebbell, Stacy Keach.Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on an amazing journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. Getting the gold was hard but keeping it is even more difficult, sparking an adventure through the most powerful boardrooms of Wall Street.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Wells, Kenny; Fortune hunters; Adventure and adventurers; Gold; Gold miners; Gold mines and mining;
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The prospector's only prospect / by Collins, Dani,author.;
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Divorced women; Gold miners; Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Love Stories; Single fathers;
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By the neck / by Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.;
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 he arrives, the local saloon owner is gunned down in cold blood--and Finnegan makes a cold calculation of his own. Instead of working in a mine, he'll buy the saloon. Instead of gold, he'll mine the miners. And instead of getting dirty, he'll clean up this grimy little boomtown once and for all--with his own brand of Stoneface justice...
Subjects: Western fiction.; Miners; Bars (Drinking establishments); Cowboys;
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Pitfall : the race to mine the world's most vulnerable places / by Pollon, Christopher,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.'Pitfall' is the compelling story of the quest to exploit the metals our civilization needs-and the cost to local people and their environments. If we cannot change our course, Christopher Pollon argues, we are condemned to mine deeper and darker places, including the depths of the ocean, sacrifice zones, and near-earth asteroids. This disturbing vision of the future also includes robotic mines without workers and social license-unless we act now.
Subjects: Mineral industries; Mineral industries; Mines and mineral resources; Mines and mineral resources;
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Devil's ride west / by Nix, David.;
With a $1,000 bounty on his head, former solider Jake Paynter agrees to help his two best friends investigate the murders of miners at South Pass City, and, while hiding during the day and sleuthing at night, unravels the truth with an adversary close on his heels.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Historical fiction.; Escaped prisoners; Gold mines and mining; Immigrants; Murder; Soldiers;
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The Bad Angel brothers : a novel / by Theroux, Paul,author.;
"Cal has always lived in the shadow of his brother, Frank, a complicated narcissist who was doted upon by their mother and beloved by the girls in their hometown--including Cal's own girlfriends. In an attempt to escape Frank's insidious presence, Cal pursues a different kind of freedom in the world's wild spaces, prospecting for gold and precious minerals everywhere from the heat of the desert at the Mexican border to the Alaskan chill to the suffocating African mines, where he will meet the love of his life, Vida. Soon he is dripping in wealth, his pockets full of gold nuggets and emeralds, but the money means far less to him than his independence. To Frank, however, it's everything. As Cal's success grows, so too does Frank's influence in his affairs, the emotional vacuum he creates at the center of his little brother's life. And, ultimately, when Frank decides to commit the ultimate betrayal ... Cal is left with only one, final solution" --
Subjects: Black humor.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Autonomy; Betrayal; Brothers; Rich people; Sibling rivalry;
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Vector / by Abel, James,author.;
"Joe Rush is at an Amazon gold rush to study new forms of malaria when his best friend and partner, Eddie Nakamura, disappears. When learning that many of the sick miners have also vanished, Rush begins a search for Eddie that takes him into the heart of darkness. Where he must battle for his life, and where he discovers a secret that may change the world ... For thousands of miles away, floods of sick people are starting to appear in U.S. hospitals. When the White House admits that it has received terrorist threats, cities across the Northeast begin to shut down. Rush and his team must journey from one of the most remote spots on Earth to one of the busiest, as the clock ticks toward a kind of annihilation not thought possible. They have even less time than they think to solve the mystery, for the danger--as bad as it is--is about to get even worse ... "--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Rush, Joe (Fictitious character); Malaria; Gold mines and mining; Missing persons; Bioterrorism; Terrorism;
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