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The gold fields made him a promise. But what if the gold ran out?David Bollin, born of missionary parents in Hawaii, leaves his island home to take up a new life as a gentleman in Boston. Having rejected his father's faith, David had set out to make his own fortune and prove himself a man. But before he can realize his dream, he is plunged into an unexpected adventure--first as a hand on a whaling ship, and then as a prospector in the California gold fields.The lure of gold and the dream of a life of ease entice him onward, drawing him into a downward spiral of deceit and trapping him in a web of murder, power and greed.The glamorous future turns into despair as he becomes the target of unscrupulous enemies. Without a defense, what are his chances?Could a father's broken heart span the ocean that separated them?
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Gold Rush Prodigal, Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 1991
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- Titolo
- Gold Rush Prodigal
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
- Editore
- Bethany House Publishers
- Pubblicato
- 1991
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 223
- ISBN10
- 1556611625
- ISBN13
- 9781556611629
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Tema stórico, Prosa storica, Temi cristiani, USA, Far West, Letteratura cristiana, California
- Descrizione
- The gold fields made him a promise. But what if the gold ran out?David Bollin, born of missionary parents in Hawaii, leaves his island home to take up a new life as a gentleman in Boston. Having rejected his father's faith, David had set out to make his own fortune and prove himself a man. But before he can realize his dream, he is plunged into an unexpected adventure--first as a hand on a whaling ship, and then as a prospector in the California gold fields.The lure of gold and the dream of a life of ease entice him onward, drawing him into a downward spiral of deceit and trapping him in a web of murder, power and greed.The glamorous future turns into despair as he becomes the target of unscrupulous enemies. Without a defense, what are his chances?Could a father's broken heart span the ocean that separated them?