Bound for Gold, William Martin
Bound for Gold, William Martin
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Bound for Gold
A Peter Fallon Novel of the California Gold Rush

Author: William Martin

Narrator: John Pruden

Unabridged: 19 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/29/2019

Synopsis

Rare-book dealer Peter Fallon returns in a thrilling historical novel about the California Gold Rush, by New York Times bestselling author William MartinBound for Gold continues New York Times bestselling author William Martin’s epic of American history with the further adventures of Boston rare-book dealer Peter Fallon and his girlfriend, Evangeline Carrington. They are headed to California, where their search for a lost journal takes them into the history of Gold Rush. The journal follows young James Spencer, of the Sagamore Mining Company, on a spectacular journey from staid Boston, up the Sacramento River to the Mother Lode. During his search for a “lost river of gold,” Spencer confronts vengeance, greed, and racism in himself and others, and builds one of California’s first mercantile empires.In the present, Peter Fallon’s son asks his father for help appraising the rare books in the Spencer estate and reconstructing Spencer’s seven-part journal, which has been stolen from the California Historical Society. Peter and Evangeline head for modern San Francisco and quickly discover that there’s something much bigger and more dangerous going on, and Peter’s son is in the middle of it. Turns out, that lost river of gold may be more than a myth.Past and present intertwine as two stories of the eternal struggle for power and wealth become one.

About William Martin

New York Times bestselling author WILLIAM MARTIN is best known for his historical fiction, which chronicles the lives of the great and the anonymous in American history while bringing to life legendary American locations, from Cape Cod to Annapolis to The City of Dreams. His first novel, Back Bay, introduced Boston treasure hunter Peter Fallon, who is still tracking artifacts across the landscape of our national imagination. Martin received a New England Book Award, given to "an author whose body of work stands as a significant contribution to the culture of the region."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on November 20, 2019

This is part of a series but it can be read as a stand alone novel. In this one, Peter heads out west to recover a journal that has been separated into seven different parts. This journal was written during the gold rush and might hold the key to undiscovered gold. When one reads a Peter Fallon novel......more

Goodreads review by Steven on August 16, 2018

William Martin remains one of the most accomplished purveyors of historical fiction today. In his new novel, BOUND FOR GOLD, the sixth in his Peter Fallon series, the Boston book dealer and his girlfriend Evangeline Carrington become caught up in the search for a lost journal that will transport the......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on November 30, 2020

I always know I can count on a William Martin novel when I’m in the mood for some exciting historical fiction. This sixth book in his Peter Fallon series is no exception. This time around, Peter leaves his beloved Boston and journeys west, all the way to California in order to assist his son in reco......more

Goodreads review by Tom LA on April 23, 2022

Wonderful adventure / historic fiction about the Gold Rush era. The book is long (700 pages) and it takes us back and forth between our present day and 1850 San Francisco. The historic depth and accuracy are masterful, the strongest feature of the book. The past bursts out with great livelihood. As......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on August 16, 2018

Just finished Bound for Gold by William Martin, and what a terrific reading experience. Part historical fiction and part modern day mystery, it spans 170 years from the discovery of gold at Sutter's fort to a modern day search for a lost manuscript. Rare book appraiser Peter Fallon is retained to lo......more

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