The Ruins of Rough and Ready
| Author | : Peter Clark Casey |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 270 |
| Release | : 2021-06-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1633635279 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781633635272 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (272 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Ruins of Rough and Ready written by Peter Clark Casey and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: n 1850, the Gold Rush town of Rough & Ready, California, briefly seceded from the United States in order to avoid paying a mining tax. This rollicking, western comedy reimagines the three months when it was a sovereign republic. Sprinkled with the hard-luck tales of pioneers and forgotten tidbits of early American history, this novel shines a light on the quirky characters who fueled the westward expansion. The town drunkard falls asleep in a cave and wakes up during an earthquake to find a giant gold boulder. To get the motherlode to market, he enlists a ragtag group of failed miners and oddball mountain men, including a priest who tends bar and a sheriff who's afraid of guns. The most dangerous bandits in California are poised to tear Rough & Ready apart. What will be the legacy of a forgotten independent nation inside of the United States?
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