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Golden Dream, The by R. M. Ballantyne (1825 - 1894)

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Thoroughly engaging, at times even harrowing, adventure tale set in the San Francisco gold rush. Detailed depiction of its time and place, complete with everything from mining techniques to societal attitudes. You'll feel like you're in the diggings. (Summary by Lee Elliott)

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  1. 1

    The Fate of the Roving Bess...

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    Captain Bunting's stranded Roving Bess is leased to Major Whitlaw for one hundred dollars a month after a squall ends its seafaring prospects.

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  2. 2

    Ah-wow saved from an Untimely Fate...

    ·13m
  3. 3

    More Unexpected Discoveries...

    ·15m
  4. 4

    Deep Plots and Plans...

    ·13m
  5. 5

    Ned decides on visiting San Francisco...

    ·11m
  6. 6

    The Rainy Season, and its Effects...

    ·9m
  7. 7

    Grizzly-Bear-Catching in the Mountains...

    ·15m
  8. 8

    The Wilderness again...

    ·23m
  9. 9

    Gold not All-Powerful...

    A narrated chapter from a historical fiction novel about the California gold rush, reflecting on the limits of gold's power.

    ·26m
  10. 10

    Ned’s New Profession pays admirably...

    ·16m
  11. 11

    A Curious and Valuable Draught...

    ·26m
  12. 12

    Adventures in the Far West...

    ·12m
  13. 13

    The New Diggings...

    ·31m
  14. 14

    Kindness to Strangers in Distress...

    ·18m
  15. 15

    Game and Cookery...

    ·22m
  16. 16

    A Night Ride in the Woods...

    ·15m
  17. 17

    Our Hero and his Friends start for the Diggings...

    ·35m
  18. 18

    San Francisco...

    ·25m
  19. 19

    The End of the Beginning...

    ·6m
  20. 20

    Hopes and Fears...

    ·12m
  21. 21

    Our Hero.

    ·13m
  22. 22

    The Sea...

    ·14m
  23. 23

    Powerful Effects of Gold on the Aspect of Things in General...

    This episode describes the chaotic transformation of Little Creek Diggings after a gold discovery, with miners digging pits and facing crime.

    ·20m
  24. 24

    Our Story comes to an End.

    Ned Sitten returns home after years in California, reuniting with his uncle and the family cat.

    ·26m
  25. 25

    Curious Trees, and still more Curious Plains...

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    A quartz plain shines with gold, and Ned Sinton and Tom Collins find a hidden note that says, "Help us, for God's sake help us," beside a ridge marked "D.B.".

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  26. 26

    Gold-Washing...

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    Chapter XI, Goldwashing follows Ned Sinton, Captain Bunting, Larry O'Neill, Tom Collins, Bill Jones, Maxton, and MacLeod as they settle at Little Creek and learn pan washing and cradle washing.

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  27. 27

    Ned and Tom take to Wandering...

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    Ned Sinton and Tom Collins ride through a green valley in the far West after a July shower, arguing over cities, country life, and the health of urban air.

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  28. 28

    San Francisco again...

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    Edward Sinton and his companions arrive in San Francisco after a drunken miner overturns their landing boat and sinks their bags of gold.

    ·22m·1 clip
  29. 29

    Sabbath at the Diggings...

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    The Golden Dream, The by R.

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