California Survival

At the height of the California gold rush in the late-1840's, a wagon train of men, women, children, and their animals stumbled into a 130-mile-long valley in the Mojave Desert through a "shortcut" to the California coast. What ensued was an ordeal that divided the camp into remnants and struck them with hunger, thirst, and a terrible sense of being lost and beyond hope, until one of their party volunteered to cross the desert to get help. This young hero was one of the survivors of the tragedy, and he lived to tell the tale in this gripping autobiographical account. In a time of unmarked ...

The I Escaped Series: The World's Favorite New Escapes. Survival Stories For Today's Generation Bestselling authors SD Brown and Scott Peters tackle the 1852 Klamath River Conflict in this gripping account of the 1852 Klamath River Conflict for modern young readers.It’s 1852, and California’s Gold Rush is in full swing. Tempers are flaring along the mighty Klamath River, where men are wild with gold-rush fever. 14-year-old Hudson treads carefully amongst them, desperate to find her long-lost father. She can only pray that he’ll take her in. A battle erupts between miners and local ...

A historical fiction book set in California during the 16th to 19th centuries. Step into the vibrant and tumultuous world of early California in "California Gold," a sweeping historical fiction that captures the spirit of exploration, ambition, and survival against a backdrop of heart-wrenching beauty and conflict. As cultures clash and dreams are forged in the fires of gold fever, the story invites readers on an unforgettable journey through a land shaped by the hands of both settlers and native tribes. "California Gold" masterfully unfolds over centuries, beginning with the Spanish ...

World War Three has been avoided for just over the last century, but the world was changed forever with The Rh Factor War in 2053. Global powers, including the United States of America, along with most of the world, were hit with newly manufactured and never-before-seen chemical weapon agents (CWAs). The devastating and surprise attacks reduced the United States’ population by 85%. Tragically, it was the same situation for most of the world, with a majority of the globe systematically and methodically attacked by these new CWAs. Logan Miller is a mechanic from Greeley, Colorado. He was on...

Chef Keith Corbin has been cooking his entire life. Born on the home turf of the notorious Grape Street Crips in 1980s Watts, Los Angeles, he got his start cooking crack at age thirteen, becoming so skilled that he was flown across the country to cook for drug operations in other cities. After his criminal enterprises caught up with him, though, Corbin spent years in California’s most notorious maximum security prisons—witnessing the resourcefulness of other inmates who made kimchi out of leftover vegetables and tamales from ground-up Fritos.

The I Escaped Series: The World's Favorite New Escapes. Survival Stories For Today's Generation In this stellar, impactful book, a young teen navigates the devastating chaos of the 2018 Paradise Wildfire. A Notable Children's Release from bestselling authors SD Brown and Scott Peters. 14-year-old Troy embarks on a harrowing journey to protect his kid sister during the catastrophic Camp Fire in Paradise, California. Initially thinking it's just a regular night, the terrifying truth hits home: their town is engulfed in flames. Worse, his parents are away, leaving him alone to babysit. Trapped...

Life on the potato farm in Maine offered little of the adventure the young Amos Mudd longed for. Reading the news of gold in California became an escape for him and finally his objective. The hardships of making the long trek and abandoning his father could only hold him back for so long.

Join 11-year-old Josh as he leaves his affluent New Jersey home for the rural Northern California town where his mother was born and raised. Still reeling from the life-changing challenges that propelled him and his mother across the country, Josh struggles to adapt to a more rustic, down-to-earth lifestyle. Josh and his cousin Eleanor bond during an overnight camping trip. But they suddenly find themselves in the path of a fast-moving firestorm, a super-heated monster that will soon lay waste to millions of acres of wilderness.

Journalist Susan Casey was in her living room when she first glimpsed this strange place and its resident sharks, their dark fins swirling around a tiny boat in a documentary. These great whites were the alphas among alphas, the narrator said, some of them topping 18 feet in length, and each fall they congregated here off the northern California coast.

A historical fiction book set in California during the Gold Rush of 1848. Embark on a thrilling adventure in "Gold and Grit," where dreams of fortune meet the harsh realities of the untamed West. Follow a young man's desperate search for meaning as he joins his friend Malcolm on an exhilarating journey from Oregon to California, responding to the euphoric whispers of gold discovered in the fertile Sacramento Valley. As excitement grows and the stakes rise, the duo quickly learns that the path to striking it rich is fraught with peril and unpredictable twists at every turn. As they navigate ...

Marissa, a recent high school graduate and amateur chef, loves cooking, the culinary reality show Scoop Out, and hot Scottish movie star Garrett Campbell. Despite her big dreams, her feet are firmly planted on the non-slip, rubber floor mat behind the counter of the Texas Fry Hut. -- until she receives a wild job offer -- Spend the summer cooking for Garrett Campbell in Hollywood.

James Capen Adams roamed the Sierra Nevada when California was wild. He slept on the ground, ate what he could kill, mended his own wounds, and made friends with the Native Americans he encountered. Adams captured animals in elaborate traps he built by hand and delivered his prey to zoos, museums, and certain famous exhibitions. Many of his stories became the inspiration for a popular TV show in the 1980s, featuring a mountain man and his pet bear. This is the true story behind the legend, as told by Adams to respected California historian Theodore Hittell.

American Oz is a rollicking, gritty, adventurous story of life in the secretive subculture of traveling carnivals. You'll never see your state fair or street festival the same way again. Comerford writes a bold, inspiring true story of a year working behind the scenes with the colorful characters and legends of carnivals. He shares stories of freaks, a carnival pimp, a tramp gold miner, and the last king of the sideshows.

In a world overshadowed by the remnants of a buried past, Galia Oliver's seemingly idyllic life takes a sudden turn. The year is 2049, and her parents, Edith and Benjamin, have shielded her from the haunting memories of the mysterious underground society known as the Buried Reserve. Curiosity gnaws at Galia's core, fueled by the cryptic emails that infiltrate her inbox. The messages promise revelations that could rewrite history, secrets long hidden within her own family's past. Determined to unearth the buried truth that has haunted her parents, Galia embarks on a journey that catapults ...

A native of northern Russia, Alexander Baranov was a middle-aged merchant trader with no prior experience in the fur trade when, in 1790, he arrived in North America to assume command over Russia’s highly profitable sea otter business.

They told me the world above was dead. They lied. It was their world that was dying. I escaped. Outside, I found a family, and I was loved. My new home had its struggles but it was very much alive. Six years later, Nineveh came for me. And nothing would stop them from trying to take me back... For fans of post-apocalyptic adventure, Nineveh’s Child will keep you guessing Dinah’s fate through the final page! Grab your copy now!

Tired of California's glitzy lifestyle, greed, and urban sprawl, Captain Skip Rowland sells everything to drift and blend in the drop dead beauty of the South Pacific. But before casting-off, his yacht is stolen and set ablaze on a desolate Mexican shore. Skip, recently in the USMC, captures the thieves, sailing later in a new yacht with his son and nurse girlfriend. They accidentally sail into an active military coup d'état, are chased by a vagabond freighter, make love on picture-perfect uninhabited islands, and cross the Tasman Sea to Australia in the worst weather in 100 years.