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Bodie’s Gold

Author : Marguerite Sprague

Publisher : University of Nevada Press

Page : 410 pages

File Size : 14,73 MB

Release : 2005-08-03

Category : History

ISBN : 0874178681

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The Bodie Mining District was established in 1860 after the discovery of gold deposits in the area. Bodie's largest boom ended just over twenty years later, but the town survived into the twentieth century supported by a few small but steady mines. Mining ended with World War II. What remained of the town became a state park in 1964. In Bodie's Gold, author Marguerite Sprague uncovers the original sources of information whenever possible, from the first mining claims to interviews with former Bodieites. Enhanced with numerous historic photographs and extracts from newspapers of that period, as well as by the reminiscences of former residents, the book offers a fascinating account of life in a Gold Rush boomtown. The book is now available in a new, easier-to-handle paperback edition that will make it more convenient for readers who want to carry if with them in a car or backpack.



Bodie: The Gold-mining Ghost Town

Author : Kari Schuetz

Publisher : Bellwether Media

Page : 24 pages

File Size : 30,66 MB

Release : 2017-08-01

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1681034247

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The wild reputation of Bodie was unmatched in the Old West. The California gold-mining town attracted a rough crowd. Bodie had gamblers, drinkers, gunslingers, and robbers all after riches. This high-interest childrenÕs title includes a wealth of information about the gold rush that once made Bodie a Òget richÓ destination.



Coins, Bodies, Games, and Gold

Author : Leslie Kurke

Publisher : Princeton University Press

Page : 408 pages

File Size : 22,42 MB

Release : 1999-08-29

Category : History

ISBN : 0691007365

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The invention of coinage in ancient Greece provided an arena in which rival political groups struggled to imprint their views on the world. Here Leslie Kurke analyzes the ideological functions of Greek coinage as one of a number of symbolic practices that arise for the first time in the archaic period. By linking the imagery of metals and coinage to stories about oracles, prostitutes, Eastern tyrants, counterfeiting, retail trade, and games, she traces the rising egalitarian ideology of the polis, as well as the ongoing resistance of an elitist tradition to that development. The argument thus aims to contribute to a Greek "history of ideologies," to chart the ways ideological contestation works through concrete discourses and practices long before the emergence of explicit political theory. To an elitist sensibility, the use of almost pure silver stamped with the state's emblem was a suspicious alternative to the para-political order of gift exchange. It ultimately represented the undesirable encroachment of the public sphere of the egalitarian polis. Kurke re-creates a "language of metals" by analyzing the stories and practices associated with coinage in texts ranging from Herodotus and archaic poetry to Aristotle and Attic inscriptions. She shows that a wide variety of imagery and terms fall into two opposing symbolic domains: the city, representing egalitarian order, and the elite symposium, a kind of anti-city. Exploring the tensions between these domains, Kurke excavates a neglected portion of the Greek cultural "imaginary" in all its specificity and strangeness.



Is There Still Gold in Bodie?

Author : Junior Park Ranger Adventure Books

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 13,2 MB

Release : 2021-06-28

Category :

ISBN : 9781737001041

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Uh-oh! One of the bears in Bodie State Historic Park has found GOLD. Gold was the reason Bodie became a town during the California Gold Rush, but it was also the reason the land and waterways were damaged. The animals of Bodie are worried another gold rush might happen if the humans find out there's still gold around. But what can a bunch of animals do?Cooperate! With the help of Kiara, the Junior Park Ranger at Bodie, the pronghorn, red-tailed hawks, bears, beavers, snakes, pikas, and all the other animals put their heads together, come up with a plan, and ACT to save Bodie!The second book in the Junior Park Ranger Adventure Series gives kids a brief history of Bodie State Historic Park, describes human impact on the environment, and shows the big things you can get done when you work together.



Is There Still Gold in Bodie?

Author : Jennifer Benito-Kowalski

Publisher : Junior Park Ranger Adventure Kit LLC

Page : 34 pages

File Size : 46,28 MB

Release : 2021-06-28

Category :

ISBN : 9781737001058

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Uh-oh! One of the bears in Bodie State Historic Park has found GOLD. Gold was the reason Bodie became a town during the California Gold Rush, but it was also the reason the land and waterways were damaged. The animals of Bodie are worried another gold rush might happen if the humans find out there's still gold around. But what can a bunch of animals do? Cooperate! With the help of Kiara, the Junior Park Ranger at Bodie, the pronghorn, red-tailed hawks, bears, beavers, snakes, pikas, and all the other animals put their heads together, come up with a plan, and ACT to save Bodie! In Is There Still Gold in Bodie? the second book in the Junior Park Ranger Adventure Series by Jennifer Benito-Kowalski provides kids a brief history of Bodie State Historic Park, describes human impact on the environment, and shows the big things you can get done when you work together. Author Jennifer Benito-Kowalski draws from her fifteen years of conservation and park industry experience in creation of Is There Still Gold in Bodie? and upcoming books in her Junior Park Ranger Adventure Series. As a conservationist she has discovered the need for kid-focused, compelling story-telling that welcomes, embraces and celebrates diversity in our parks while educating the importance of protecting nature. Mom's Choice Award Winner: Is there still gold in Bodie? is a recipient of the prestigious Mom's Choice Award. The Mom's Choice Awards (MCA) evaluates products and services created for parents and educators and is globally recognized for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. Using a rigorous evaluation process, entries are scored on a number of elements including production quality, design, educational value, entertainment value, originality, appeal and cost. Around the world, parents, educators, retailers and members of the media trust the MCA Honoring Excellence seal when selecting quality products and services for families and children. Is There Still Gold in Bodie received the gold award in December 2021.





The Gold of their Bodies

Author : Charles Gorham

Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing

Page : 479 pages

File Size : 24,82 MB

Release : 2019-11-01

Category : Art

ISBN : 1789128749

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Gold of Their Bodies, first published in 1955, is a fascinating biography of Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), the French post-impressionist artist, most famous for his colorful paintings of life in Tahiti and the South Pacific. Although fictionalized by the addition of dialogue, Gold of Their Bodies draws from Gauguin’s own writings and accurately portrays the adult life of Gauguin—his struggles to make a living from his art, his friendships with Van Gogh, Cezanne, Pissaro, and other contemporaries, his travels and life with the native peoples of the South Pacific, his relationships with Polynesian women, and his run-ins with French colonial authorities. Gauguin, prolific in his output (in large part due to the small price he received for his works), and troubled by poor health in his later life, died at the relatively young age of 54 in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. It was not until after his death that his works were recognized as masterpieces, and, in February 2015, one of his Tahitian paintings sold for the staggering price of $300 million dollars.



Bodie

Author : Michael H. Piatt

Publisher : North Bay Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 45,36 MB

Release : 2003

Category : History

ISBN : 9780972520003

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Based on three decades of research, this book tells the story of mining in the former boomtown of Bodie, CA. Woven throughout are accounts of gambled fortunes, engineering marvels, and vigilante uprisings. Tracing Bodie's history from the discovery of gold in 1877 to the departure of its last residents in the 1940s, the book includes scores of never-before-published photos.