The bite of the gold bug
by Barthe DeClements · 1992
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It's 1898, and 12-year-old Bucky, his father, and Uncle Tanner are off to Alaska to prospect for gold. The journey is hard, and they face deadly storms, numbing cold, and a grueling six-hour nonstop trudge up a mountainside with heavy backpacks. Will the journey be worth it in the end?
Juvenile FictionFictionHistorical FictionGold mines and miningChildren's fictionGold mines and mining, fictionAlaska, fiction