Handbook to the new Gold-fields

by R.M. Ballantyne

Reproduction of the Handbook to the new Gold-fields by R.M. Ballantyne

82 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1858

About the author

R. M. Ballantyne was a Scottish writer of juvenile fiction.

Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and where he served for six years with the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Reviews

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting historical listening 🎶🔰

Another will written British adventure short story by R. M. Ballantyne about gold being found in what was to become Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. The description of the areas is wonderful. I would recommend this novella to readers of historical novels. Enjoy the adventure of books 🔰🏡🏰😤 2022

[Peter Macinnis · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit of a quick'n'dirty. I like this: "The _thirst for Gold_ is, as it always has been, the most attractive, the strongest, the most unappeasable of appetites--the impulse that builds up, or pulls down empires, and floods the wilderness with a sudden population."

I rather think the author thirsted for thr reader's gold.