Virtual Book Tour- The Legend of Jake Howell
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When he picked up that shiny stone from the small stream, nine-year-old Jake Howell would not have believed that it would trigger America's first gold rush and that he would become one of the world's richest and most admired men.
EXCERPT

Jake could not at this moment even begin to
fathom how this small rock would change not only his life but a multitude of
others. Gold? Dadburn, Jake thought to himself, I’d swear I’ve found a gold rock! Pa’s told me about something
called fool’s gold, and I know this ain’t that stuff. Excited and
exhilarated he knelt down, carefully laid the rifle aside, and brushed the
areas of the snow-covered ground back and forth searching for more gold rocks.
But to his disappointment, he found none. After a few minutes, he put the new
discovery in his pants pocket, re-donned his glove and called out, “C’mon
Frisky. Let’s go on home. That deer’s long gone by now.”
On his way back home Jake
thought, Gold on this old dirt farm.
This rock I found’s probably worth a big bunch of money. Maybe I won’t have to
live on a darn old farm like we do now.
AUTHOR
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Charles A. Reap Jr. |
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