The Coves
Author: Whish-Wilson, David
ISBN: 9781925591279
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Year first published: 02 Jul 2018
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
A historical fiction novel set amongst the turmoil, loyalty and violent betrayal of the gold rush era.
San Francisco, 1849: a place gripped by gold fever, swarming with desperate men come to seek their fortune. Among them are former convict Australians, quick to seize control in a town without masters, a town for the taking. Into this world steps an Australian boy in search of his mother. Just twelve years old, and all alone in a time of opportunism, loyalty and violent betrayal, Samuel Bellamy must learn to become one of the Sydney Coves if he is to survive.
ISBN: 9781925591279
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Year first published: 02 Jul 2018
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
A historical fiction novel set amongst the turmoil, loyalty and violent betrayal of the gold rush era.
San Francisco, 1849: a place gripped by gold fever, swarming with desperate men come to seek their fortune. Among them are former convict Australians, quick to seize control in a town without masters, a town for the taking. Into this world steps an Australian boy in search of his mother. Just twelve years old, and all alone in a time of opportunism, loyalty and violent betrayal, Samuel Bellamy must learn to become one of the Sydney Coves if he is to survive.
