Bellboy A Mule Train Journey

"A kind of Horatio Algerish tale with a lot going for it - interesting, factual details; heady happenings; & a boy growing into a young man. Time: 1870's. Place: northwest California wildernesses of the Trinity, Marble, & Salmon Mountains. In order to help his widowed mother support the family, 12-year-old Jake takes a job as a bellboy - a lad who rides the lead animal of a mule train. This is the story of Jake's first trip - long, hard, adventurous, & sometimes dangerous. The trip ends with an encounter with a notorious bandit who is after the gold the mules are carrying. The book is illustrated with many small, intriguing sketches. McClain offers good reading about California in the 1870's, some contrary mules, Hoopa Indians, lurking Bigfoot, miners, scalawags, & a lot of real nice folks along the way."McClain, Margaret S. is the author of 'Bellboy A Mule Train Journey' with ISBN 9780962246814 and ISBN 0962246816.