Over The Rocky Mountains And Wandering Will In The Land Of The Red Skins — Robert Michael Ballantyne / R.M. Ballantyne

The hero of many of them is a character calledWill Osten, or Wandering Will. In this book he returns from a long tripaway, during which his father had died, so his mother was very pleasedto see him. But just before he died his father had been left a propertyin California--it was the time of the Gold Rush. Will gathered some ofhis friends, and off they went to have a look at this property. So whatthe book is really about is the life of the miners in the Gold Rush.Surprise, surprise! A young lady whom Will had met on one of hisprevious adventures appeared on the scene, on her way back to England.Will is determined to see more of her, but he has no money to pay theexorbitant sum demanded for his fare back to England, so he finds a veryquick agent, who finds a very quick lawyer, so that his estate can besold, and the money raised for the fare. He catches the boat by theskin of his teeth. Of course we will go with him on some more of hiswanderings.