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100 1 _aEmerson, Willis George,
_d1856-1918
245 1 0 _aMy "Pardner" and I (Gray Rocks): A Story of the Middle-West
246 1 _aMy "Pardner" and I (Gray Rocks): A Story of the Mines
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2016
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2016-06-30
508 _aProduced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive
520 _a"My 'Pardner' and I (Gray Rocks): A Story of the Middle-West" by Willis George Emerson is a fictional novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Vance Gilder, a young journalist from New York City, who discovers that he is the partial owner of a gold mine named Gray Rocks in Idaho, a property once owned by his late father. The narrative explores themes of ambition, the pursuit of wealth, and the contrasts between urban and rugged frontier life. The opening of the story introduces Vance Gilder, who is established as a cultured and ambitious individual with dreams of becoming a great journalist. He is presented with a letter from Louise Bonifield, whose father, Ben Bonifield, owns the Gray Rocks mine. In a charming encounter at his Manhattan apartment, Vance learns of his father’s legacy, which sparks curiosity about the mine's potential and his connection to the Bonfield family. As the story unfolds, the reader is invited into Vance’s world, where his aspirations clash with the realities of mining life and the complexities of relationships formed in the rugged West. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aMiners -- Fiction
653 _aGold mines and mining -- Fiction
653 _aProspecting -- Fiction
653 _aIdaho -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52458
999 _c93292
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