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100 1 _aLeavitt, Thad. W. H.
_q(Thaddeus William Henry),
_d1844?-1909
245 1 0 _aKaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike: Tales of the Gold Fields
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2014
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2014-12-18
505 0 _aA strange partner: an Australian story -- The black cat of Klondike -- The Skeleton Mine: a tale of South Africa -- A Maori legend: a New Zealand story -- The Garden Gully mine -- The green door: a night in Melbourne -- The three great pearls: a New Guinea story.
508 _aE-text prepared by Larry Harrison, Cindy Beyer, Ross Cooling, and the Distributed Proofreaders Canada team (http://www.pgdpcanada.net) from page images generously made available by Early Canadiana Online (http://eco.canadiana.ca)
520 _a"Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike: Tales of the Gold Fields" by Thad. W. H. Leavitt is a collection of tales likely written in the late 19th century. The stories revolve around gold prospectors and adventurers, depicting their quests for fortune in treacherous and unfamiliar territories such as Australia and Canada. The opening tale introduces the main character, Henry Detmold, an English bank employee drawn to the allure of gold in the Australian outback, as he navigates the challenges of mining and explores themes of friendship, loyalty, and unexpected discoveries. The opening of the book sets the stage for Henry Detmold's adventurous journey after he decides to leave the comfort of his bank job in England to seek gold in Australia. Upon arriving in Coolgardie, he teams up with a young Australian named George Vail, and they embark deep into the desert in search of fortune. Their journey becomes perilous as they encounter hardships, including lack of water and dangerous encounters with natives. An intriguing twist arises when they discover a map leading to buried opals, which leads to both friends grappling with secrets and promises, highlighting the themes of trust and the moral dilemmas faced by men driven by greed and ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aShort stories
653 _aGold mines and mining -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47695
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