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The Bite of the Gold Bug

(1992)
A Story of the Alaskan Gold Rush
(A book in the Once Upon America series)
A novel by

 
 
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?


Genre: Young Adult Fiction

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