Project Gutenberg 2007-03-28 Public domain in the USA. 73 Webster, Frank V. The Young Treasure Hunter; Or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Young Treasure Hunter; Or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska" by Frank V. Webster is a fictional adventure story written in the early 20th century. The tale follows young Fred Stanley, who is motivated by his family's financial difficulties and his father's mining injury to pursue a treasure hunting expedition in Alaska. With a letter of introduction from a friendly old prospector and a hopeful spirit, Fred embarks on a journey that promises not only the potential for gold but also greater adventure. At the start of the story, we meet Fred Stanley, who is supportive and responsible despite his youth, as he prepares to seek work in a nearby mining area to help his struggling family. The narrative presents Fred's interactions with his ailing father, his aspirations to ease their financial burdens, and the intriguing legend of a hidden treasure in Alaska. While searching for employment, he encounters an old miner named Bill Gardner, who shares a captivating story about a buried treasure linked to a deceased friend. This ignites Fred's ambition to seek out this treasure, leading to his preparations for a daring expedition, along with the challenges and risks associated with such a venture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Treasure troves -- Juvenile fiction Alaska -- Juvenile fiction Gold mines and mining -- Alaska -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 284784 284794 2024-09-09T07:42:04.410867 2023-09-09T10:08:22.851379 text/html text/html 286117 2007-03-28T10:48:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 223281 2007-03-28T10:48:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 299605 2024-09-09T07:42:11.373810 application/epub+zip 301265 2024-09-09T07:42:06.379861 application/epub+zip 176768 2024-09-09T07:42:05.214860 application/epub+zip 648564 2024-09-09T07:42:15.307790 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 614315 2024-09-09T07:42:10.451828 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392380 2022-09-10T04:54:10.135336 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252249 252144 2024-09-09T07:42:03.485853 2023-09-09T10:08:21.996384 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 251987 2007-03-28T10:48:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 91844 2007-03-28T10:48:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18380 2024-09-09T07:42:15.447824 application/rdf+xml 24016 2024-09-09T07:42:05.603876 image/jpeg 4780 2024-09-09T07:42:05.393849 image/jpeg 291016 2024-09-09T07:42:04.442887 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia