Download or read book Journey to Gold Mountain written by Rebecca Stefoff and published by Chelsea House. This book was released on 1994 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the experiences of Chinese immigrants who took part in the California Gold Rush and the building of the transcontinental railroad
Download or read book Kai s Journey to Gold Mountain written by Katrina Saltonstall Currier and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On his 12th birthday, Kai learns that he must leave his home in China and journey alone to Gold MountainAmericato live with his father. The year is 1934, and the U.S. does not welcome Chinese immigrants. When Kai arrives he is detained on Angel Island in a crowded barracks, with harsh interrogations and the threat of being returned to China. Will Kai ever be free to join his father?
Download or read book The Journey to Gold written by Youthika Anbu and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can a leprechaun lose his pot of gold? Well, this one has, and he turns for help from a grumpy boy who is dragged along the dangerous journey. As they journey together, they learn that the obstacles ahead are not easy and that everyone faces them in their lifetime. Will the leprechaun and his companion find his pot of gold, or will they be stranded forever in the depths of the mountains or be eaten alive by a bear?
Download or read book Good Fortune written by Li Keng Wong and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dramatic memoir of early-twentieth century immigration, author Li Keng Wong shares her family's difficult journey from rural China to a new life in California. In 1933, seven-year-old Li Keng's life changed forever when her father decided to bring his family from a small village in southern China to California. Getting to America was not easy, as their family faced America's strict anti-Chinese immigration laws that meant any misstep could mean deportation and disgrace. Life in America during the Great Depression brought many exciting surprises as well as many challenges. Hunger, poverty, police raids, frequent moves, and the occasional sting of racism were a part of everyday life, but slowly Li Keng and her family found stability and a true home in "Gold Mountain." An author's note contains photos and an update on Li Keng Wong's family. This evocative memoir presents the joys and sorrows of pursuing the American Dream during a time of racism and great poverty, but also immense opportunity. The book also contains information on Angel Island and its significance in history as well as an explanation of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Download or read book Trail to Gold written by U.S. Olympic Women Cross-Country Skiers 1972-2018 and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty-three American women have participated in cross-country skiing in the Winter Olympics between the years of 1972 and 2018. In 2018, forty-six years after the first team competed, Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall won Olympic gold in the Team Sprint, in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the first Olympic medal for U.S. women's cross-country skiing. Five decades of women skiers stood up and cheered, celebrating this long sought after achievement. This book shares the collective journey of these women Olympians, with the skiers themselves telling the story. Part I combines individual stories along a variety of themes, to collectively demonstrate the challenges of competing against the best in the world. In Part II, virtually every one of the fifty-three wrote her own profile to describe her skiing career and post-Olympic life. Photographs throughout put faces with the stories and add vibrancy to the narrative. The anecdotes in Trail to Gold: The Journey of 53 Women Skiers, paint the picture of women's cross-country skiing over 50 years--a fascinating history recorded in personal heartbreak and triumph and in fun vignettes from life on the trail.
Download or read book But Now I See written by Steven Holcomb and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the top bobsledders in the world and leader of the four-man American team, Steven Holcomb had finished sixth in the 2006 Olympics and medaled in nearly every competition he entered. He was considered a strong gold contender for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Talented, aggressive, and fearless, he was at the top of his game. But Steven Holcomb had a dangerous secret. Steven Holcomb was going blind. In the prime of his athletic career, he was diagnosed with keratoconus—a degenerative disease affecting 1 in 1,000 and leaving 1 in 4 totally blind without a cornea transplant. In the world of competitive sports, it was a dream killer. Not a sport for the timid, bobsledding speeds approach 100 miles per hour through a series of hairpin turns. Serious injuries—even deaths—can result. But Holcomb kept his secret from his coach, sled mates, and the public for months and continued to drive the legendary sled The Night Train. When he finally told his coach, Holcomb was led to a revolutionary treatment, later named the Holcomb C3-R. With his sight restored to 20/20, Holcomb became the first American in 50 years to win the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation World Championship, and the first American bobsledder since 1948 to win the Olympic gold medal. With a foreword by Geoff Bodine, NASCAR champion and founder of the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, But Now I See is the intimate portrait of a man's pursuit of a dream, laced with humility and the faith to find a way when all seems hopeless. It's about knowing anything is possible and the gift of a second chance.
Download or read book Go Gwen Go written by Elizabeth Jorgensen and published by Meyer & Meyer Sport. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrated in alternating voices by mother Nancy and sister Elizabeth, Go, Gwen, Go is an inspiring story about Olympian Gwen Jorgensen and her family. This memoir introduces a young woman of modest athletic achievements who uses desire and discipline to attain the ultimate in sport—the Olympic Gold. You will enter the secret world of Olympic training, professional coaching, international travel, sponsor funding, anti-doping requirements, athlete nutrition, and sports physiotherapy. You will be granted an inside look at the personal life of a professional triathlete, complete with family crises and holiday celebrations. During her triathlon career, Gwen became the first American woman to win a World Triathlon Series event, the first person in history to win 12 consecutive races on the ITU circuit, and the first American triathlete, man or woman, to win an Olympic Gold medal. In this inspiring story, Gwen Jorgensen and her family grow together, from average to Olympian.
Download or read book Silver to Gold written by Jennifer A. Miskov and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a vast and callous army closing in on them fast, there is nowhere for Desire and the other Young Revolutionaries to run. This is not how her journey is supposed to end, certainly not before it has truly begun. The legend is strong. Desire knows that it offers escape and hope, more than that it offers fullness and abundance. But what will she do when faced with the choice of pursuing her dreams when some close to her change their minds? SILVER TO GOLD is a tale of struggle, friendship, love, loss... Above all, it is an adventure of pursuing the type of dream you can feel flowing through your veins. You are being beckoned towards your full potential and nothing less will satisfy. In a world where many dreams never make it to reality, Desire's journey will inspire you to move forward to take hold of your buried dreams once again. Join Desire and the other brave Young Revolutionaries as they venture towards the realization of a dream that has captivated their people for generations.
Download or read book Katie Taylor written by Jason O'Toole and published by Gill. This book was released on 2012 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katie Taylor did not give up on her dream, which saw her bring him gold for Ireland at the London Olympics 2012. This is the story of her amazing journey to gold.
Download or read book Two Gold Coins and a Prayer written by James H. Keeffe, III and published by Epicenter Press. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the story of James H. Keeffe, Jr.'s experiences during World War II as a B-24 Bomber pilot from his enlistment, through his training, into battle, his capture, and his time as a POW in Germany.
Download or read book The LAST FRACTION An incredible journey into the gold fields of the Yukon written by D. L. Sigler and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sawyer saga continues when Tom takes his teenage daughter and young son on an adventure that will change their lives forever. It was the Gay-Nineties for an elite few, but most of America suffered from severe economic depression. When gold was discovered in a remote part of the Yukon territories a hundred thousand desperate souls packed up and headed north to seek their fortune in the shadow of the North Pole. The Sawyer family was among them.
Download or read book A Doctor s Gold Rush Journey to California written by Israel Shipman Pelton Lord and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1999-11-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred and forty-nine years ago, a homeopathic physician luxuriously named Israel Shipman Pelton Lord trudged across the country in the midst of thousands of wagons, oxen, and seekers of the first free gold in history. Disappointed with the maps and guides of the day, Lord determined to set the record straight for future travelers.
Download or read book God Glory and Gold Journey to the Conquest of the Incas The Quest written by Paul M. Kochis and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 741 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long, improbable journey to the Conquest of the Incas is an incredible, modern story. While the Inca Empire was expanding along the Pacific coast of South America, the backward Kingdom of Castile and Leon was mired in political intrigue. This is a story of courage, luck, colossal misjudgments and soaring ambition by entrepreneurs who would lead a culture clash ending in the fall of the Inca Empire and the rise of the Spanish Empire that lasted two hundred years due to Inca treasure. All the players sought the same things: independence, security, honor, wealth and glory. Few achieved their goals in any lasting sense but many displayed the indomitable spirit of motivated visionaries. This is their story.
Download or read book God Glory and Gold Journey to the Conquest of the Incas The Beginning written by Paul M. Kochis and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long, improbable journey to the Conquest of the Incas is an incredible, modern story. While the Inca Empire was expanding along the Pacific coast of South America, the backward Kingdom of Castile and Leon was mired in political intrigue. This is a story of courage, luck, colossal misjudgments and soaring ambition by entrepreneurs who would lead a culture clash ending in the fall of the Inca Empire and the rise of the Spanish Empire that lasted two hundred years due to Inca treasure. Heroic figures such as Queen Isabella, Christopher Columbus, Emperor Charles V, Hernando de Soto, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, and Ponce de Leon come alive as the Castilian kingdom attempts to seize and settle the New world. In doing so, Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almalgro press against all odds to find the mysterious kingdom first called Biru. They encounter a vast, sophisticated empire crafted by iconic leaders named Pachecutec, Topa Inca and Huyana Capac. Succeeding by guile
Download or read book The gold Fields of South Africa comprising the history extent locality and geological formation of the various gold fields copiously illustrated written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book California s Gold Rush written by Robert Grayson and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title examines an important historic event - the gold rush in California. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the first discovery of gold and the creation of boomtowns in the West, issues with the Mexican government, military desertion, expansionism, and the environmental consequences of mining, key characters such as John Sutter, Samuel Brannan, Colonel Richard B. Mason, and President James K. Polk, the roles of journalism, transportation, and racial discrimination, the development of mining technologies and entrepreneurship, and the effects of this event on society. Features include a table of contents, glossary, selected bibliography, Web links, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Gold Fields of the Klondike written by Ernest Ingersoll and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
