OR
BY CAPTAIN RALPH BONEHILL
AUTHOR OF "PIONEER BOYS OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST,"
"WITH BOONE ON THE FRONTIER,"
"FLAG OFFREEDOM SERIES," ETC.
CHATTERTON-PECK COMPANY
NEW YORK, N. Y.
Copyright, 1906BY
STITT PUBLISHING COMPANY
BOOKS BY CAPTAIN RALPH BONEHILL
THE FRONTIER SERIES
Price, per Volume, $1.00
WITH BOONE ON THE FRONTIER;
Or, The Pioneer Boys of Ohio.
PIONEER BOYS OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST;
Or, With Lewis and Clark Across the Rockies.
PIONEER BOYS OF THE GOLD FIELDS;
Or, The Nugget Hunters of '49.
FLAG OF FREEDOM SERIES
Price, per Volume, 60 cents
WHEN SANTIAGO FELL;
Or, The War Adventures of Two Chums.
A SAILOR BOY WITH DEWEY;
Or, Afloat in the Philippines.
OFF FOR HAWAII;
Or, The Secret of a Great Volcano.
THE YOUNG BANDMASTER;
Or, Concert Stage and Battlefield.
WITH CUSTER IN THE BLACK HILLS;
Or, A Young Scout Among the Indians.
BOYS OF THE FORT;
Or, A Young Captain's Pluck.
"Pioneer Boys of the Gold Fields" relates the adventures of threesturdy youths who go west to seek their fortune during the great rushto California in 1849.
At the start the boys are unknown to each other—one coming from thecity, another from the country, while a third is just home from along whaling voyage. But the magic word, "Gold!" is on every lip, andin company with thousands of others, they make the long and perilousjourney across the plains and the mountains, to the Land of Promise.On the way they have several encounters with wild beasts and withIndians,—scenes taken from actual life. When the gold diggings arereached they find that a great deal of hard labor lies before them, butthey do not shirk, and their success is well deserved. They find thegold fields overrun with bad men, and at the height of their prosperitythey are robbed of their treasure. What happens after that, the pageswhich follow relate in detail.
In writing this story the author has had but one purpose in view—togive his readers a faithful picture of the exciting times of '49, whenrich and poor, high and low, laborers and bankers, journeyed by land orby water to California in search of gold. The excitement was intense,equaled only by that when gold was first discovered in the Klondykeregion. In those days there were no railroads across the westernportion of our country, and the journey had to be made on foot or onhorseback and took months where it now takes but days. Those who didnot go by land sailed either to the Isthmus of Panama, crossed, andwent up the coast of California by ship, or else took the still longervoyage around Cape Horn. Surely the hearts of these Argonauts were ofthe stoutest, and their deeds deserved to be chronicled!
Captain Ralph Bonehill.
August 15, 1906.
| I. | Mark and His Difficulties |
| II. | News from California |
| III. | Mark Runs Away |
| IV. | Mark Makes a Friend |
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