GOLD RUSH SAGA
FORTUNE'S CALL:
A GOLD RUSH ODYSSEY
What begins as a high-spirited jaunt west to claim easy riches becomes a grim race for survival. Pegg is only 13 when he and his father set off for the gold fields of California. But by the standards of the 1840’s, he’s on the verge of manhood.
Unfortunately, the third person in their party, Fred Hoyt, is a city slicker who is of little help on the trail. Worse, he proves to be unreliable, with a dangerous habit of making rash decisions.
Even as Pegg struggles to fulfill his father’s dream of a better life for their family, Hoyt’s every move jeopardizes his chances. Can Pegg muster the courage and perseverance to not just survive, but to succeed in the lawless frontier?
FORTUNE'S PRICE:
A GOLD RUSH ODYSEEY
Book 2
Pegg, 14, yearned for adventure. He and his father left their family on a hardscrabble farm in Vermont to chase a desperate dream. After his dad died of fever on the high plains, Pegg’s confident world fell apart. He found himself saddled with their partner, Fred Hoyt, who proved worse than useless.
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Now, it is up to Pegg to keep his father's dream alive. But California in the 1850's is a raw, lawless place, full of constant danger. Subsisting largely on hope, Pegg battles wild rivers, savage beasts, floods and fires. Even when the American River yields the gold that will allow Pegg to return home in triumph, Hoyt’s addiction to trouble threatens not only Pegg’s success, but their very lives. Can the boy who trusts too much keep his duplicitous partner from driving them to ruin?
