California Gold

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Watermark

Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453256015

<DIV><B>A &ldquo;riveting .&#160;.&#160;. sweeping epic&rdquo; (<I>Richmond Times-Dispatch</I>) of one man driven by gold fever, by the #1&#160;<I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author of&#160;<I>North and South</I>.</B><BR /> &#160;<BR /> At the height of California&rsquo;s Gold Rush, men left everything behind for the chance at striking it rich. Now, some thirty years after its peak, gold fever still entices adventurous Easterners like James Macklin Chance, a poor Pennsylvanian who is drawn to California by the dream of lasting wealth&mdash;a dream so powerful he&rsquo;ll stop at nothing to see it through. Along the way he&rsquo;ll encounter grand passion, ruthless enemies, and larger-than-life titans like Leland Stanford, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Randolph Hearst, who helped shape a country&rsquo;s destiny.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;The best historical novelist of our time&rdquo; (Patricia Cornwell) once again spins a sweeping tale of power and passion, as he did so masterfully in the Crown Family Saga, the Kent Family Chronicles, and the North and South trilogy.<BR /><BR /><I>This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Jakes including rare images from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</I></DIV>