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Sam Carr, Homestake Lode, 1st Edition, 2001 Novel

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"Homestake Lode" by Sam G. Carr, published by Avalon, New York, 2001, First edition.

Dust jacket; gray hard boards, silvery lettering on spine, 5.1/4" x 8"; 185 pages, near fine condition.

"With characters speaking in their own authentic voices in the midst of historically-known events, the reader is transported and lives in that earlier time. I kept this book at my bedside and, for a night or two, lost sleep."

The book is set in the Black Hills of South Dakota during the gold rush, when George Hearst was owner of the Homestake mine. Hearst is one of the characters, though unlike William Randolph Hearst in Orson Welles's Citizen Kane, he is not the central character--yet he plays an important role. Author George Carr depicts the elder Hearst's actions and personality with historic accuracy.

It's 1878 in the wild American West, and people do what they can to make decent lives for themselves. Tuck Powells is a stoic Wells Fargo detective hired to protect a rich mine owner, George Hearst. Kelly Ryan is a spirited young actress headed West to make her fortune in the theater. Tuck and Kelly are thrown together during a tumultuous stagecoach ride from San Francisco to Deadwood, Wyoming.

In Deadwood, Kelly discovers that her acting job is actually as a waitress in a brothel and ends up killing a lecherous customer in self-defense. Tuck rescues her and helps her to safety, kindling a spark between them that can only grow stronger. Hearst, meanwhile, is slowly building a mining empire that will eventually be the largest in the country, if he can outsmart his devious competitors at the DeSmet Mining Company. After they've weathered fires, avalanches and snowstorms, Tuck tells Kelly that he's too old for her. She rejects him, and Tuck decides to return to San Francisco with Hearst. But when a flash flood threatens to wipe out the town where Kelly lives, Tuck know he has no choice but to go back for her...

G. Sam Carr spent his boyhood roaming the draws, gullies, and canyons of the Northern Black Hills. After careers in the U.S. Navy and local government, he is now a freelance writer and member of Western Writers of America. His first book, Back to Deadwood, was published in June of 2000. His nonfiction work has appeared in Wild West Magazine. Carr and his wife, Dolly, live on Long Island, New York. They have three grown children.

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Country restrictions may apply - the lesser expansive Priority or 1st Class shipping may not be available to all countries.

US: Priority (c 2-4 days) -------- $10.50
Canada: 1st Class (c 2-6 weeks) -- $26.50
World: 1st Class (c 2-7 weeks) --- $34.50

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"Homestake Lode" by Sam G. Carr, published by Avalon, New York, 2001, First edition.

Dust jacket; gray hard boards, silvery lettering on spine, 5.1/4" x 8"; 185 pages, near fine condition.

"With characters speaking in their own authentic voices in the midst of historically-known events, the reader is transported and lives in that earlier time. I kept this book at my bedside and, for a night or two, lost sleep."

The book is set in the Black Hills of South Dakota during the gold rush, when George Hearst was owner of the Homestake mine. Hearst is one of the characters, though unlike William Randolph Hearst in Orson Welles's Citizen Kane, he is not the central character--yet he plays an important role. Author George Carr depicts the elder Hearst's actions and personality with historic accuracy.

It's 1878 in the wild American West, and people do what they can to make decent lives for themselves. Tuck Powells is a stoic Wells Fargo detective hired to protect a rich mine owner, George Hearst. Kelly Ryan is a spirited young actress headed West to make her fortune in the theater. Tuck and Kelly are thrown together during a tumultuous stagecoach ride from San Francisco to Deadwood, Wyoming.

In Deadwood, Kelly discovers that her acting job is actually as a waitress in a brothel and ends up killing a lecherous customer in self-defense. Tuck rescues her and helps her to safety, kindling a spark between them that can only grow stronger. Hearst, meanwhile, is slowly building a mining empire that will eventually be the largest in the country, if he can outsmart his devious competitors at the DeSmet Mining Company. After they've weathered fires, avalanches and snowstorms, Tuck tells Kelly that he's too old for her. She rejects him, and Tuck decides to return to San Francisco with Hearst. But when a flash flood threatens to wipe out the town where Kelly lives, Tuck know he has no choice but to go back for her...

G. Sam Carr spent his boyhood roaming the draws, gullies, and canyons of the Northern Black Hills. After careers in the U.S. Navy and local government, he is now a freelance writer and member of Western Writers of America. His first book, Back to Deadwood, was published in June of 2000. His nonfiction work has appeared in Wild West Magazine. Carr and his wife, Dolly, live on Long Island, New York. They have three grown children.

Note:
Country restrictions may apply - the lesser expansive Priority or 1st Class shipping may not be available to all countries.

US: Priority (c 2-4 days) -------- $10.50
Canada: 1st Class (c 2-6 weeks) -- $26.50
World: 1st Class (c 2-7 weeks) --- $34.50

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