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In a movie suitable for the whole family, meet Jack London, one of America's greatest writers. As a young man, he lived a life full of adventure, and wrote down every word. Klondike Fever is his story - the tale of a 21 year-old's epic journey from San Francisco to the Klondike Gold Fields in the great Gold Rush of 1898.
363) The Gold rush
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Criterion collection volume 615
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The Little Tramp journeys to the Klondike in search of a fortune and finds love instead.
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Just 60 miles from the Arctic Circle lies a town on the edge of civilization: Tanana, Alaska. This frozen village of 200 is part of an unknown America where men hunt and trap to survive, existing like modern day cavemen. The inhabitants continually battle Mother Nature to seize the narrow window of opportunity to glean resources from the land. This set reveals why the citizens of this remote village wouldn't have it any other way.
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Born in 1960, the sixth of thirteen children, Velma Wallis comes of age in a two-room log cabin in remote Fort Yukon, Alaska. Raising Ourselves is an irresistible story of growing up Gwich'in. It is gritty and sobering yet filled with laughter even a to present. But hope pushes back hopelessness, and a new strength and wisdom emerge.
372) Eliza Waite: a novel
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"After the tragic death of her husband and son on a remote island in Washington's San Juan Islands, Eliza Waite joins the throng of miners, fortune hunters, business owners, con men, and prostitues traveling north to the Klondike in the spring of 1898. Using Gold Rush history, diary entries and authentic pioneer recipes, Eliza Waite transports readers to the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of a raucous and fleeting era of American history." --...
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Citizens are increasingly forming networks based on shared ideas and norms to influence environmental policy-making. While scientific information represents a key source of legitimacy within this realm, little research exsists on the relationship between science and advocacy. Additionally, more research is needed on the role contectual factors play in mobilizing collective action. / This research ecamines the roles of scientific knowledge and expertise...
374) Call of the wild
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During the Klondike gold rush, a stolen dog becomes a miner's best friend, but when his master is killed by renegade bandits he turns wild and joins a wolf pack.
376) White Fang
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An illustrated retelling of Jack London's classic tale in which part wolf and part dog, orphaned White Fang relies on his instincts as well as his inborn strength and courage to survive in the Yukon wilderness despite both animal and human predators but eventually comes to make his peace with man.
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Time spies volume 8
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When the magic spyglass transports Mattie, Alex, and Sophie Chapman to the Yukon Territory during the gold rush, they enlist the help of author Jack London to track down a boy's stolen sled dog.
