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Description:The year is 1852 during the Gold Rush Era in Victoria, a small northern California community situated in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The "easy" gold finds are gone. Business is slow at Ruey's Paw's stone-built freight office. Then a new gold strike is made just the other side of the ridge, and Victoria begins to look like a tented San-Francisco. Wells Fargo & Co. Express and Banking sends their agent, Samuel P. Carter. When the gold disappears from Ruey's Paw's fireproof vault, Ruey and his friends - Shad and Hop Sing - plus a dog named Bones, solve the strangest gold robbery in the history of the gold run with a jinx and "magic words." Mr. Carter handles the freight and banking business thereafter, and Ruey's Paw becomes a farmer.Bull and bear fights, miners, vigilantes, gamblers, and farmers made life in 1850's California gold country exciting.This is a charming history of the Gold Rush Era in California.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Taste of the Elephant. To get started finding A Taste of the Elephant, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 195

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: May Davenport Publishers

Release: 2000

ISBN: 0943864038

Description: The year is 1852 during the Gold Rush Era in Victoria, a small northern California community situated in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The "easy" gold finds are gone. Business is slow at Ruey's Paw's stone-built freight office. Then a new gold strike is made just the other side of the ridge, and Victoria begins to look like a tented San-Francisco. Wells Fargo & Co. Express and Banking sends their agent, Samuel P. Carter. When the gold disappears from Ruey's Paw's fireproof vault, Ruey and his friends - Shad and Hop Sing - plus a dog named Bones, solve the strangest gold robbery in the history of the gold run with a jinx and "magic words." Mr. Carter handles the freight and banking business thereafter, and Ruey's Paw becomes a farmer.Bull and bear fights, miners, vigilantes, gamblers, and farmers made life in 1850's California gold country exciting.This is a charming history of the Gold Rush Era in California.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Taste of the Elephant. To get started finding A Taste of the Elephant, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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