Description
‘Not for a long day have I come
across anything quite so exciting,
so entertaining ••• a rip-roaring
adventure of the 1849 Gold Rush’
–Glasgow Evening Times
Across barren mountains and plains, through canyons
and deserts, the wagon-trains grind on to California,
men driven mad by dreams of limitless wealth.
Gold-dust has been found in the hills …
Doe McPheeters joins the fortune-seekers, a lovable
old humbug who has slipped his creditors.
His boy is jaimie, a mischievous scamp
who might have been Huckleberry Finn.
With heart-warming humour
contrasting vividly with scenes of
chilling horror, this sumptuous book
recreates that nightmare journey
A tremendous, unforgettable
novel whose vitality and excellence
won it the much sought-after
American Pulitzer Prize.
Paperback
477 pages
In good preloved condition with the exception of ‘freckles’ evident around the sides and affecting some of the inside pages (not unusual for a book of this era). Spine rolled but pages are intact and this book has remarkably minor page colour change for a book of this age. A special book and a sought after Pan Major first edition.