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The journey: the Overlanders' quest for gold
By William Samples, Bill Gallaher. 2002
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Adventure stories, Historical fictionCanadian non-fiction, Canadian travel and geography
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Dozens of "Overlanders" left their wives and families behind as they set out toward a brighter future. As well as…
facing extreme natural dangers, the travellers were torn by religious arguments and personal rivalries, and it took the talents of the leaders to keep the fractious parties working cooperatively. 2002.
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Westerns, Indigenous peoples fiction, Adventure storiesBiography, History, Business and economics, General non-fiction, Canadian travel and geography, Canadian history
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Trilogy describing the author's journey to Canada from Wyoming with a dream of owning a cattle ranch. In Grass beyond…
the Mountains, Richmond and his companions conquer the tortuous miles and carve out a space for themselves. Also includes Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy and The Rancher Takes a Wife. Strong language and some violence. 1978Todo está iluminado (21 Ser.)
By Jonathan Safran Foer, Jonathan Saffran Foer. 2005
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Historical fiction, Adventure storiesJournals and memoirs
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Esta historia cuenta el viaje de un joven norteamericano a Ucrania en busca de los origenes de su familia, una…
inquietante y divertida odisea a traves de los claroscuros de la memoria en la que poco a poco se iran iluminando los desertados escenarios de un pasado turbador: la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el holocausto o la fundacion, en el siglo XVIII, de Trachimbrod, el pueblo del que es originaria la familia del protagonistaSolo: my adventures in the air
By Clyde Edgerton. 2005
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Adventure storiesScience and technology, Biography, Journals and memoirs
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Author of Floatplane Notebooks (RC 31559) recalls his lifelong love of flying. Reminisces about his ROTC service at the University…
of North Carolina and 1960s air force training. Recounts seeing combat in the Vietnam conflict, for which he earned a Distinguished Flying Cross, and declares his dislike of war. 2005