"A novel based on the lives of the California gold seekers"--Cover title
Summary:
The discovery of gold in California launched a stampede of fortune-seekers across the continent in search of wealth. Willing to face any hardship - outlaws, hostile Indians, bad weather, thirst, starvation, and the horrors of disease - they battled fiercely to overcome these challenges and seize their destiny. But sometimes the treasures they found were not the ones they were expecting ...
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