Project Gutenberg 2007-09-18 Public domain in the USA. 83 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Edwards, Marcia Brooks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) "The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the character Tom Nelson, a determined young man from a poor New England family who travels to California in search of gold during the gold rush. As Tom embarks on a challenging journey with a group of fellow miners, the narrative explores themes of perseverance, friendship, and the various personalities drawn to the prospect of quick wealth. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Tom, who is eager and hard-working, alongside a mix of miners with varying degrees of ambition and capability. The narrative begins with Tom and his companions engaged in the laborious task of gold panning along a California stream. Through interactions with his fellow miners—such as the seasoned yet pessimistic Lawrence Peabody and the sensible Captain Fletcher—we see contrasting attitudes toward mining and the laborious nature of their quest. The opening portion sets up the foundation for Tom's adventures and relationships, hinting at challenges and conflicts, including the negative influence of characters like Missouri Jack, the saloon owner. As Tom navigates these dynamics, readers can anticipate a tale of growth, hardship, and the pursuit of dreams amid the harsh realities of mining life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Fiction Miners -- Fiction California -- Gold discoveries -- Fiction California -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile fiction California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 307051 305803 2024-10-10T04:46:17.372409 2023-09-10T08:12:57.392721 text/html text/html 304910 2021-01-03T01:38:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 162820 2021-01-03T01:38:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 265296 2024-10-10T04:46:27.303205 application/epub+zip 267604 2024-10-10T04:46:21.221245 application/epub+zip 181988 2024-10-10T04:46:19.725274 application/epub+zip 475195 2024-10-10T04:46:31.570151 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 438149 2024-10-10T04:46:26.219365 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347696 2022-09-10T14:35:32.798205 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267374 267137 2024-10-10T04:46:16.067237 2023-09-10T08:12:56.319755 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 267163 2021-01-03T01:38:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 99327 2021-01-03T01:38:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 267154 2021-01-03T01:38:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 99306 2021-01-03T01:38:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23609 2024-10-10T04:46:31.710160 application/rdf+xml 15519 2024-10-10T04:46:20.308222 image/jpeg 3535 2024-10-10T04:46:20.016244 image/jpeg 242315 2024-10-10T04:46:17.400263 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