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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
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- Released
- 1991
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- Title
- Gold Rush Prodigal
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
- Publisher
- Bethany House Publishers
- Released
- 1991
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 223
- ISBN10
- 1556611625
- ISBN13
- 9781556611629
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Historical Fiction, Christian Themes, USA, Wild West, Christian Literature, California
- Description
- 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?