Tales From the Promised Land · Western Short Stories From the California Gold Rush

Tales from the Promised Land is a collection of five of John’s most compelling stories of life in early California. From the tongue in cheek Bottomless Bartlett’s Beautiful Bride, in which a man offers $200 for a suitable wife, to Uncle Charley, where the rapidly changing times may surprise even a modern reader, each tale will leave your heart richer. A falling out between brothers is the focus of the powerful Payback at Murderer’s Bar, and in Firebaugh’s Ferry a reporter meets a woman at a lonely stage stop where the most wanted man in California will soon be executed. And with the adventurous Stoddard’s Gold comes a brand new twist to the famous yarn about a lost lake of gold high in the Sierra that will bring a smile to every face.