Books with author Joseph Marshall

John Marshall, (1859-1908) was an adventurer, journalist, public figure and Digger’s leader on the Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie gold field who wrote of the early days on West Australia's gold fields in "Battling For Gold." This 1903 book has remained the greatest collection of Australian gold rush stories ever written and it recounts with vivid detail McCann's nugget, the great Coolgardie fire, the Londonderry golden hole, the gold field's rioting, dangers, disease, death, and of course gold, gold, and more gold! Regarding the quest for gold, Marshall writes: "I sometimes start at night and wake up with a pang to think that the beautiful dream in which I have been indulging is only a dream; that I have been living in a fool's paradise, and the following morning shall see me out again on the 'wallaby,' with my swag on my back, ever on the weary quest for gold. But when I am fully awake and feel the eider down quilts on my couch, and see the evidences of wealth and luxury on every hand, the old, hopeless feeling, so well known in former days, gives place to one of exultation, and I realise that the old life has passed away, and a new and better life been opened to me." These stirring pages of gold field battles will continue to live on forever in Australian history. Contents The Discovery Of Gold In Westralia Finding Of Coolgardie Off To The Goldfields The Expected Storm The Bogus Gold "rush" At Coolgardie The Lucky Prospector Fire ! Fire ! Fire ! The First Great Fire Battling For A Home Goldfields Experience The Great Londonderry Golden Hole The Mount Black Rush Premier's First Visit To Coolgardie Sir John Forrkst's Triumph Danger, Disease And Death The First Goldfiei.ds Wedding Amenities Of Goldfields Political Life A Special Cyclist Chased By Dingoes "bail Up!" Or Robbery Under Arms Fortune, But, Alas! Too Late The Open Call Exchange The Great Golden Mountain The First Murder On The Goldfields Robbery Under Arms The Diggers Roll Up A Dear Drink Father Long And Hi Horrors Of Thirst The "graveyard Rush A Goldfields Riot Queen Of The Earth The Power Of Gold The Price Of The Goldfields Sacred Nugget At Kanoavna

Excerpt from The Life of George Washington: Written for the Use of SchoolsAt the age of ten years, he lost his father. An affectionate mother continued to impress those principles of religion and virtue on his tender mind, which constituted the solid basis of a character that was maintained throughout all the trying vicissitudes of an eventful life. But his education was limited to subjects strictly useful, not even extending to foreign languages.At the age of eighteen, he was appointed a surveyor in the western part of the northern neck of Virginia; and, in that office, acquired such information respecting vacant lands, and formed those opinions concerning their future value, which afterwards contributed greatly to the increase of his fortune.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Aviva is a lovely, bright, eight-year-old English girl who has always cherished her close circle of friends. One day, Aviva arrives home to a surprise gift from her mother the blue and white hockey stick Aviva had wanted so badly! She is absolutely thrilled and can't wait to show it off to her friends. But later that day, as Aviva approached the family library to thank her father for the gift, she overhears her parents talking about a pending move to America and leaving behind their beautiful home, family, and friends! Aviva, in time, will see everything will be just fine. But will it? Joan Marshall's charming book tells a story that many children and their parents can identify with: the move from a comfortable, familiar, and pleasant environment to a new, potentially unwelcome foreign place where one has to start fresh and make new friends. This charming and educational book ably captures the child's private world with all its warm comforts and crucial nurturing relationships, as well as the sense of experiencing an exciting new adventure.

The only thing harder than making a name for yourself in the sixth grade is making a name for yourself in the sixth grade. Andrew Offerman and his best friend, Bo, have just begun to figure that out as they make their way through the chaotic world of middle school. The boys have big hearts, but they are also very mischievous. They know the difference between right and wrong, but they usually go about things the wrong way before they get it right. "The Andrew Offerman Chronicles" are a lighthearted, very funny glimpse into the mind of an 11 year old boy who yearns to be an adult and is much smarter than he thinks. In "Breaking Cupid’s Arrow", Andrew and Bo must work quickly to keep Bo's mother from falling in love with Principal Fairchild. Sixth grade is hard enough. It will only get worse if Bo becomes the principal's son. Soon though, the boys realize that Cupid is out to get everyone. No one is safe from that little, diaper wearing sharp shooter. Not even Andrew and Bo.

The only thing harder than making a name for yourself in the sixth grade is making a name for yourself in the sixth grade. Andrew Offerman and his best friend, Bo, have just begun to figure that out as they make their way through the chaotic world of middle school. The boys have big hearts, but they are also very mischievous. They know the difference between right and wrong, but they usually go about things the wrong way before they get it right. "The Andrew Offerman Chronicles" are a lighthearted, very funny glimpse into the mind of an 11 year old boy who yearns to be an adult and is much smarter than he thinks. "Prank it Like a Man" is Andrew and Bo's coming out party. They shoot for the moon during their first week of middle school. Their goal is simple. Their plan is perfect. No one can stop them. Soon, they will be living legends. But first, they have to get past their eccentric principal, Mr. Fairchild.

The only thing harder than making a name for yourself in the sixth grade is making a name for yourself in the sixth grade. Andrew Offerman and his best friend, Bo, have just begun to figure that out as they make their way through the chaotic world of middle school. The boys have big hearts, but they are also very mischievous. They know the difference between right and wrong, but they usually go about things the wrong way before they get it right. "The Andrew Offerman Chronicles" are a lighthearted, very funny glimpse into the mind of an 11 year old boy who yearns to be an adult and is much smarter than he thinks. Andrew has been retired from pranking for just a few weeks. Unfortunately, to get even with his arch enemy, Johnny Gaston, he must get back into the game. Andrew and Bo concoct a few surprises for Johnny Gas in "Melting the Iceman". Will their strategy work? Or will they just make their rivalry with their old foe worse?

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903. Excerpt: ... "SHOOT AT HIM, OR I'LL KILL YOU!" A few weeks previous to the following incident taking place, Western Australia rang with the news of an extraordinarily rich gold mine having been discovered at Mount Catherine, which was described as " a mountain of gold." The miners were wonderfully stirred by the news, especially when it became known that some of the prospectors who had made the discovery had been taken into custody, on the information of one of their mates, on a charge of murdering a number of blacks who were supposed to have looted their camp. The accused had been brought into Coolgardie and tried on the capital charge, but they were ultimately acquitted. At the time our narrative begins, Sergeant Stokes was out in charge of a party trying to obtain evidence to support the testimony, or, at any rate, to find out the truth about the reported wholesale massacres. In the then state of the public mind, it was felt by the prospectors that to attempt to use firearms against the natives, for mere pilfering, was dangerous in the extreme, and it was only when brought face to face with the possibility of being killed that men, in selfdefence, would kill the natives. Thomas Black and Richard Farrell had set out from Coolgardie on a prospecting tour, but they had little luck when the news arrived that Mount Catherine had been discovered, and they immediately made for that neighbourhood, and were fortunate enough to discover a rich reef between Mount Catherine and Yirilla. The natives had frequently annoyed them, but nothing serious had taken place up to the time of which I write. The prospectors, however, knew that if they were deprived of their provisions by the aboriginals, there would not be the slightest hope of getting anmore, and they would, in all probabi...

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