Bøger af Gordon Young

This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.

Days of 49 is a historical novel written by Gordon Young. The book is set in the late 1800s during the California Gold Rush. The story follows the journey of a young man named Jim Girty, who leaves his hometown in Ohio to seek his fortune in the gold fields of California. Along the way, Jim encounters a variety of characters, including other prospectors, bandits, and Native Americans.As Jim travels west, he faces numerous challenges and dangers, from harsh weather conditions to violent clashes with other prospectors. He also struggles with his own moral compass as he witnesses the greed and corruption that often accompany the search for gold. Along the way, Jim falls in love with a woman named Mary, who shares his dreams of striking it rich.Days of 49 is a vivid and engaging portrayal of the California Gold Rush, capturing the excitement, danger, and complexity of this pivotal moment in American history. Through Jim's experiences, the book explores themes of ambition, greed, and the search for identity in a rapidly changing world. With its richly detailed setting and compelling characters, Days of 49 is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of the American West.1925. Days of �������49 is a super adventure; it ranks as one of the fine period novels of American literature. Against a background of teeming California in the days of gold, he moves a complicated cast of characters in gunplay and heart-play. Proud Spaniards, uncouth roughnecks with gentle hearts, smooth gentlemen with blackened hearts, ladies of vice and virtue are meshed in high adventure as the story of the early dash for treasure unfolds. An excellent story, but also the only fully documented, accurate account of the great California gold rush, as Mr. Young explains in a readable appendix, in which he points the real characters and events on which he has based his story.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

"Colors" is an allegory of an Earth like planet exactly like ours, where society reclaimed both freedom and liberty (not the same) after rejecting technological slavery to a terrifying "reliability society" in their past and our future. Colors is as current as today's (2019) news and politics, but also eerily reaches 200 years back from their society to our failing course which will put us on their failed path. You will question directions we are taking you have never questioned before. Prepare to start 2019 with loss of sleep.

After living in San Francisco for 15 years, journalist Gordon Young found himself yearning for his Rust Belt hometown: Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors and "e;star"e; of the Michael Moore documentary Roger & Me. Hoping to rediscover and help a place that once boasted one of the world's highest per capita income levels, but is now one of the country's most impoverished and dangerous cities, he returned to Flint with the intention of buying a house. What he found was a place of stark contrasts and dramatic stories, where an exotic dancer can afford a lavish mansion, speculators scoop up cheap houses by the dozen on eBay, and arson is often the quickest route to neighborhood beautification. Skillfully blending personal memoir, historical inquiry, and interviews with Flint residents, Young constructs a vibrant tale of a once-thriving city still fighting-despite overwhelming odds-to rise from the ashes. He befriends a rag-tag collection of urban homesteaders and die-hard locals who refuse to give up as they try to transform Flint into a smaller, greener town that offers lessons for cities all over the world. Hard-hitting, insightful, and often painfully funny, Teardown reminds us that cities are ultimately defined by people, not politics or economics.