Cousins Elwood Brandon and Howard Lawrence are steaming up the Pacific coast toward San Francisco with the Irishman Tim O’Rooney when fire breaks out aboard. Cast ashore on the California coast, the three face pursuit by hostile Indians, help from a good Samaritan and a long trek through the Salinas Valley. Its portrayals of Native Americans and Irish dialect are those of its era.
Brisk survival adventure from a prolific dime-novel author, for young readers who like shipwrecks and frontier chases. Download the free EPUB.