A Bag of Lucky Rice

by George Reichart, Mark Mitchell (Illustrator)

No one much expects Rusty to go out in the desert beyond Rhyolite, a small mining town in Nevada's Amargosa Desert, and come home with the Mother Lode. No one, that is, except his two good Chinese friends, Lo Fat and Lee, and maybe his clever donkey Zeke. After all, Rusty's is pretty much a one-man operation and even his digging tools don't get much use (hence his name). But sure enough, on his first trip Rusty discovers a strongbox buried near a spring and in it enough nuggets of pure gold to pretty much buy the entire state.

152 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2004

Reviews

[Marlene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just a fun, easy read book in between some heavier content books. A charming, somewhat old-fashioned and totally authentic story of the Old West. It features a prospector, who, along with his faithful mule Zeke, discovers some hidden gold and manages to haul it back to the Wells Fargo office and then decides to do some good with it. At its core, it is a tale of prejudice and courage, of humor, humanity and decency, all set in a small desert town that could be anywhere.

[Joseph · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun family read