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The Gold

David Carpenter

出版	Coteau Books, 2017-04-20
主題	Fiction / Historical / GeneralFiction / WesternsFiction / Coming of Age
ISBN	15505091019781550509106
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=v-9yDQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋

Joseph Burbidge is a young boy growing up in a small mining town in England. Eager to explore the world, headstrong and naive, he moves to Edmonton at the age of 20 to try his hand panning for gold in the North. Under the tutelage of "Stinky" Riley, and Isidore Chartrand - a Metis from Northern Saskatchewan - Joe risks life and limb searching for his "big break" up North. Following the advice of an elderly, blind First Nations woman, "Stinky" Riley and Joe follow a hand-drawn map that leads them to their biggest find yet - undiscovered gold, and lots of it. A rival, Buster Krahn, encroaches on their territory - and attempts to usurp their claim to the gold with his own. In the end, Joe is left stranded up in the Arctic barrens, with winter quickly approaching, no way for planes to land, and a dead body on his hands. Carpenter brings a quick wit and deft hand to recreating the "gold fever" that swept the Northwest Territories in the 1930s. He imagines the era with incredible accuracy, creating a compelling backdrop for Joe's struggles, success, and redemption.