The Valley Of Golden Dreams

Author : Raymond Griffith
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456873377
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Valley of Golden Dreams written by Raymond Griffith and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book contains a story about a young man, (Christin) who grew up under parents who lived by, and taught him, The Golden Rules. He had graduated from college, married Anna, the girl of his dreams and became father to two children. He then found employment with a prominent local company and had a promising career. But that was not enough to fulfill his personal desires. In defiance of warnings from Anna, he resigned his position at the company, and went to the dreaded Industrial Valley in quest of a more lucrative career. A compromising environment there, soon took it’s toll on his personal values. He gave way to negative habits and became entangled in activities counter to those of a faithful, loving husband and father. Separation from Anna soon followed, then came a personal life filled with heart aches and tragedy. The long road back to his loved ones was troublesome, but once there he found his real Valley of Golden Dreams.

Author : Kevin Starr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199924309
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golden Dreams written by Kevin Starr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative tour de force that combines wide-ranging scholarship with captivating prose, Kevin Starr's acclaimed multi-volume Americans and the California Dream is an unparalleled work of cultural history. In this volume, Starr covers the crucial postwar period--1950 to 1963--when the California we know today first burst into prominence. Starr brilliantly illuminates the dominant economic, social, and cultural forces in California in these pivotal years. In a powerful blend of telling events, colorful personalities, and insightful analyses, Starr examines such issues as the overnight creation of the postwar California suburb, the rise of Los Angeles as Super City, the reluctant emergence of San Diego as one of the largest cities in the nation, and the decline of political centrism. He explores the Silent Generation and the emergent Boomer youth cult, the Beats and the Hollywood "Rat Pack," the pervasive influence of Zen Buddhism and other Asian traditions in art and design, the rise of the University of California and the emergence of California itself as a utopia of higher education, the cooling of West Coast jazz, freeway and water projects of heroic magnitude, outdoor life and the beginnings of the environmental movement. More broadly, he shows how California not only became the most populous state in the Union, but in fact evolved into a mega-state en route to becoming the global commonwealth it is today. Golden Dreams continues an epic series that has been widely recognized for its signal contribution to the history of American culture in California. It is a book that transcends its stated subject to offer a wealth of insight into the growth of the Sun Belt and the West and indeed the dramatic transformation of America itself in these pivotal years following the Second World War.

Author : George Payson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities written by George Payson and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ardath Mayhar
Publisher : Ace Books
ISBN 13 : 9780441297269
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golden Dream written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Ace Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anna Jacobs
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1529351383
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golden Dreams written by Anna Jacobs and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2023-05-11 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in the gripping and heartwarming new Jubilee Lake series, from multi-million-copy bestselling author Anna Jacobs Lancashire, 1895. Lillian Hesketh has taken a new name, and a brave step towards a happier life. Suddenly widowed after an unhappy marriage, and pursued by her unscrupulous in-laws, Lillian finds a fresh start in the beautiful Ollindale valley. Thanks to the kindness of her new neighbours, Walter Crossley and his family, she finally has a home to call her own - but the threat of discovery by her husband's family still casts a shadow over her new life. Meanwhile, Edward Ollerton has returned to the valley to rebuild his ancestral home. Hoping to one day to marry and start a family, Edward finds himself drawn to the shy, attractive widow - but not everyone is happy to see him reclaim his estate . . . Will their dreams fade to dust, or can a golden future blossom on the shores of Jubilee Lake? Readers love Anna Jacobs! 'Amazing' - 5 STARS 'Thank you, Anna, for the pleasure you give in all your books' - 5 STARS 'Another brilliant, hard-to-put-down book' - 5 STARS 'Can't wait for the next instalment' - 5 STARS 'A real page turner, I can't wait to read the next one' - 5 STARS 'Another triumph for Anna Jacobs' - 5 STARS 'BRILLIANT READ' - 5 STARS Book 1 in the Jubilee Lake Saga, SILVER WISHES, is out now in hardback, eBook and audio

Author : Robert Silverberg
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821441027
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Dream written by Robert Silverberg and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most persistent legends in the annals of New World exploration is that of the Land of Gold. This mythical site was located over vast areas of South America (and later, North America); the search for it drove some men mad with greed and, as often as not, to their untimely deaths. In this history of quest and adventure, Robert Silverberg traces the fate of Old World explorers lured westward by the myth of El Dorado. From the German conquistadores licensed by the Spanish king to operate out of Venezuela, to the journeys of Gonzalo Pizarro in the Amazon basin, and to the nearly miraculous voyage of Francisco Orellana to the mouth of the Amazon River, encountering the warlike women who gave the river its name, violence and bloodshed accompanied the determined adventurers. Sir Walter Raleigh and a host of other explorers spent small fortunes and many lives trying to locate Manoa, a city that was rumored to be El Dorado—City of Gold. Celebrated science fiction author Robert Silverberg recreates these legendary quests in The Golden Dream: Seekers of El Dorado.

Author : Robert Michael Ballantyne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Dream written by Robert Michael Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frank Baumgarder
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480886777
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golden Dreams written by Frank Baumgarder and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When gold was found in Northern California, news of it spread like a wildfire during the spring and summer of 1848. At first, most people thought the reports were too good to be true, but as weeks and months flew by, they heard about more people striking it rich – and imaginations started to run wild. Tens of thousands of people started to dream about gold, and some of them left everything they knew to make the journey to California. It didn’t matter if you were black, white or brown – anyone could go. Even people in Central and South America, Australia, China, and Western Europe heard about the gold and made the journey. By 1855, hundreds of thousands of people had converged on California. In this study, the author shares diary entries from gold seekers, painting a detailed portrait of the frenzy that overtook the world, the lives of the miners, and how the move West changed the fabric of a nation. Without the dreams, hard work, and dedication of the miners who moved West, the United States of America would not be what it is today.

Author : George Payson
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities written by George Payson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities is a travel story and an account of the man who got on a in the quest of discovering gold ship that had taken passage for California and got dragged away from the harbor. Excerpt from the Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities "It was a cold grey day; the deck of the Leucothea was sloppy with melting snow, and littered with chaotic little piles of luggage, among which the passengers wandered up and down like a hundred cats smelling about in a strange garret."

Author : R.M Ballantyne
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752369647
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Dream written by R.M Ballantyne and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-29 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Golden Dream by R.M Ballantyne