
Patty Sinclair rides alone through the rugged hills of the western frontier, chasing the promise of her late father’s hidden gold mine. Exhausted, hungry, and far from any settlement, she must navigate treacherous terrain that seems to swallow the trail behind her. Her determination to prove her father’s vision fuels every step, even as the mountains grow increasingly unforgiving.
Just as hope wanes, a lone horseman appears on the slope, his weather‑worn Stetson and silver‑studded chaps marking him as a figure of the untamed West. With a calm greeting and a revolver at his hip, he offers a puzzling mix of danger and reassurance. As Patty grapples with the mystery of his presence, she faces a choice: trust this stranger or continue her solitary quest deeper into the wilderness.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (396K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, K. Nordquist, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Release date
2008-07-15
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1880–1963
Best known for fast-moving westerns and North Country adventures, this prolific early 20th-century novelist wrote stories packed with frontier danger, gold-rush grit, and rough-edged heroes. His books range from standalone westerns to the long-running Halfaday Creek and Connie Morgan tales.
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