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"Ace and Chance Jensen usually spend Christmas at the Sugarloaf Ranch. But this year, the brothers are heading to Death Valley to claim Chance's prize in a poker game: the deed to a silver mine. Sure, the mine is probably dried up and worthless, but what they don't realize is that half the deed belongs to a ruthless outlaw named Foxx, a rich vein of silver hasn't been tapped yet, and another wealthy mine owner is trying to crush the competition --...
3) Death Valley
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2015
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"Death Valley in the American Southwest isn't a destination for those who don't enjoy the heat! Its scary name was given to it by a group of gold seekers who barely made it out of the valley alive. In fact, a few in their group weren't as lucky. Readers of this book will find out more about the unique landscape of this national park and about the animals and plants that have the vital adaptations needed to live there. Incredible photographs reflect...
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On his third day in Death Valley, Rick Fallon comes upon a deserted Toyota Camry, and soon thereafter, the almost-dead body of Casey Dunbar. Having rescued her, Fallon soon learns what had driven her to give up on life--and, his own life on hold, he resolves to unravel the twisted and dangerous strands of hers, a quest that leads him to the glitter-dome of Las Vegas.
5) Death Valley
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c1995
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If Alaska is America's icebox, Death Valley is its fireplace. Read about the kinds of plants and animals that survive there.
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Horse-Ketchum was Johnny Lightfoot's nickname, a fighting name given to him by his Indian companion, Captain Jack. His adventures and triumphs in cowtown "civilization" make stirring reading -- and his love story is one of the strangest romances of those bold frontier days. Horse-Ketchum of Death Valley is the perfect tale for those who like a rattling good yarn of the Old West when bullets flew freely, and cowboys and settlers both were hard-riding,...
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2023.
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"A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow, for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike. Out on the sun-scorched trail, the woman encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape mean it...
8) Death Valley
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[2016]
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"A young explorer's introduction to California and Nevada's Death Valley National Park, covering its desert landscape, plants, animals such as desert tortoises, and activities such as bird-watching"--Provided by publisher.
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[2012]
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The image of 20 mules hauling a train of wagons was once as popular as the golden arches are today. Everyone knew what it meant. It was the trademark of Pacific Coast Borax's most famous product, a laundry additive called Twenty Mule Team Borax. The company's advertising was dependent on one important fact: the connection between the Twenty Mule Team and America's most notorious desert, Death Valley. From 1883 to 1888, teams of mules and wagons hauled...
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2005
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Hamp Cameron had come into Mormon, a hot, dusty town at the edge of Death Valley, with a mission. He'd been looking for Rob Jensen for two years, and information he'd picked up in San Francisco pointed to Mormon. Mormon had turned into a boomtown. Borax, a flaky, cottonball substance that 20-mule teams were snaking out of the pits of hell was in big demand, and the railhead for the borax industry was Mormon. This would be the ideal town for a snake...
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2005
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Prospector and mine owner California Watson is mad at the world. Nearly everyone he has known has taken advantage of him. Rancher Sol Barksdale warns Cal to stay away from his daughter. Bill Beagle, the town marshal, tries to arrest Cal on a false charge of holding up a stagecoach. And when Cal's trail leads him into Death Valley where he finds Barksdale's stolen cattle, before he can do anything about it he is framed and charged by Barksdale with...
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[2018]
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"The Death Valley Jayhawkers were a group of young gold seekers who blundered into Death Valley at Christmas 1849. They were an uncongealed group when they left western Illinois, although many had been friends at school in Galesburg, but while traveling along the Platte River Road toward the gold fields of California they held initiation rights that melded them into a jolly, but mutually supportive group of young men who saw their western trip as...
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