Full name: California Gold: A Novel

Author: John Jakes Year: 1989 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781504051989 150405198X

James Macklin Chase was a poor Pennsylvanian who dreamed of making it rich in California. But at the turn of the century, the money to be made was in oil, citrus, water rights, and the railroads. Mack would have it all, if he had his way. And along the way, the men and women he met, the passion he found, the enemies he made, and the great historical figures like William Randolph Hearts, Leland Stanford, and Theodore Roosevelt, he encountered, helped bring glory to the extraordinary century. "Riveting...CALIFORNIA GOLD strikes pay dirt....This sweeping epic is a dynamite tribute to the sheer pluck of one man who scorns all obstacles. He instills vibrancy in all his characterizations." RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH A Literary Guild Main Selection Similar books: Charleston by John Jakes On Secret Service by John Jakes The Nature of Monsters by Clare Clark Below the Salt by Thomas B. Costain American Dreams by John Jakes The Hearth and Eagle by Anya Seton The Turquoise by Anya Seton The Seekers by John Jakes The Proud Breed by Celeste De Blasis The Real Minerva by Mary Sharratt People of the Earth by W. Michael Gear The Titans by John Jakes Heyday by Kurt Andersen The Lawless by John Jakes The Bear Flag by Cecelia Holland The Rebels by John Jakes People of the Lakes by Kathleen O'Neal Gear The Help by Kathryn Stockett A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan