Golden Gore |
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Author:
| Politis, M. J. |
ISBN: | 979-8-4411-0010-6 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2022 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $5.50 |
Book Description:
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1875 Interior British Columbia, Canada. A wildnerness in which a lucky man can strike it rich in the Gold Fields, but has to be even luckier to make it back home with the gold, his life and his scalp. At least 50 prospectors are missing, along with countless young women who routinely entertain such men. In the middle of it is Jack Calvin, luckless, self-sabatoging 20-something Half-Breed prospector who routinely hears voices in his head and, on worse days, sees ghosts. Being as naïve...
More Description1875 Interior British Columbia, Canada. A wildnerness in which a lucky man can strike it rich in the Gold Fields, but has to be even luckier to make it back home with the gold, his life and his scalp. At least 50 prospectors are missing, along with countless young women who routinely entertain such men. In the middle of it is Jack Calvin, luckless, self-sabatoging 20-something Half-Breed prospector who routinely hears voices in his head and, on worse days, sees ghosts. Being as naïve about people as he is lucky with a gold pan, Jack winds up being blamed then framed for the disappearances by his mining partner, presumably by working with Bush Indians who are still on the warpath. Hiding from the world while learning about it, Jack gets hired on to work at a Stagecoach Station under the care and supervison of Agnes McFee, ugly, Bible-thumping, and secretly horny 50 going on 80 Scottish woman, as well as 'Lady Agnes', who runs the place with her pussy whipped husband and mentally-retarded brother in law. By a series of 'accidents', Jack winds up meeting Lizzy, 20-something fast talking, tall-tale telling hooker who claims to have worked with every famous outlaw in the American West. Jack is enamoured by Lizzy, and wants to have a life with her. But before doing so, he has to not only pull himself out of poverty, but get to the bottom of who really is behind the mass killings and kidnappings that is making gold-mining in British Columbia far more dangerous than anything Mother Nature ever made possible.