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This is the beginning of a Western. The diffference is that this is an Australian telling, set in the goldrush days of Western Australia. Outlaws roamed the highways and byways - but they were known as bail-up men, as bushrangers. Here we meet two who plied their trade upon the gold escorts out of the goldfields of Western Australia. Meet Captain Comet and the Coolgardie Kid. Here we hear of their exploits as they lead the quest for a lengendary seam of this most precious of metals, but it's a blighted pursuit. Join our intrepid duo in "The Curse of the Convict Gold".

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Will Bucklett returns home after the Civil War to find his mother dying of a mysterious illness. His father has been taken hostage by a ruthless band of traitors and Army deserters. The leader of the gang, ex-Colonel John Bullard, has threaten to kill Will’s father, Silas Bucklett, unless Silas discloses the location a certain missing alleged Government gold shipment. Outraged, Will vows to free his father and bring Bullard and his gang to justice. With his younger brother, Dain and a long time friend of the family, Booger Red, a half-breed tracker, Will sets his sights west to the last known location of the renegades, Tascosa, Texas. a sanctuary for outcast and criminals

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This is in the Western genre. While doing research for my other western novel I made an interesting discovery: there were a moderate number of families who went west during the 1849 California Gold Rush with no intention of staying in California. There reasons for doing this varied, but the one constent was they all considered the dangerous journey to be a long vacation or an extended camping trip. The Cook family is one of these families. The Cook family is fictional however the events they face are factual and were found in various emigrant diaries. I have intentionally kept them naive of both the dangers and the distance involved. However, they will have a reality check when they are out on the trail, far too late to head back home. This is a work in progess and is only the first draft. The novel is not complete. I have completed fourteen chapters. Each chapter starts of with a fictious diary entry from the main charcter, Nadine Cook. I should also mention that besides being in the western genre, it is also a wagon train and a gold rush novel set in 1849.

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Golden Dreams is a novel loosely based upon the life of my great great grandfather. Even though it is fictional, it is based upon fact. I discovered the basis of the story while doing my family tree. My research and facts of the story are based upon old family letters, diaries of emigrant pioneers, visiting the family homestead, following and camping along both the California and Oregon trails, and visiting numerous museums and historic sites. The story begins after the panic of 1843 and that was followed by a seven year draught.

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As the title implies. Does pure dialogue let this story work?

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