Promise of Gold [Hardcover]

Joan Druett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 10, 1990

California in the 19th century - the destiny of everyone infected with the fever of the gold rush. The master and crew of the brig "Hakluyt" were no exception, even though they had Harriet Gray on board. This woman has no ordinary part to play towards the beckoning promise of yellow gold.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan (May 10, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0333523318
• ISBN-13: 978-0333523315
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

Back in the year 1984, on the picture-poster tropical island of Rarotonga, I literally fell into whaling history when I tumbled into a grave. A great tree had been felled by a recent hurricane, exposing a gravestone that had been hidden for more than one and a half centuries. It was the memorial to a young whaling wife, who had sailed with her husband on the New Bedford ship Harrison in the year 1845. And so my fascination with maritime history was triggered ... resulting in 18 books (so far). The latest -- number nineteen -- is a biography of a truly extraordinary man, Tupaia, star navigator and creator of amazing art.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my TOP TEN BEST books ever read!!!, November 7, 1997

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This review is from: Promise of Gold, A (Mass Market Paperback)

I could not put this book down. The aspects of sailing and being a pirate added such color to the overall story. I had to have more of Joan Druett to read. She's simply a wonderful writer. I WANTED TO BE ON THAT SHIP!