Bacon and Beans from a Gold Pan

By George Hoeper and Jesse L Coffey

Book Overview

This is the warm, true story of Jesse and Dot Coffey, who, young and newly married, turned to California's gold fields to eke out a living during the Great Depression. The year was 1935, and Jesse... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944194125
• ISBN13: 9780944194126
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Quill Driver Books
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Guaranteed page turner

The experienced as well as hobby gold prospector will find this a delightful book. Dot and Jesse's adventures of ekeing out a living "gold mining" during the depression is inspiring. But the true delight in this book is finding yourself caught up in their adventure; sampling the wonderful "unfenced openness" of California's heartland, living in harmony with nature and discovering the true meaning of friendship and neighborliness. I read this book in one day. I could NOT put it down!

A cheerful addition to a gold digger's collection.

This book was a fun read. It was full of the kind of things that a prospector needs. I found it to be a "can't put it down" kind of book.GlenThis book is very helpful to the true hearted prospector.

A really good book

A great read for prospectors, full of good ideas for those of us that like to explore and find our own gold.Actually it would be a fun book for anyone.

Well told slice of depression life.

A great read. Jesse recalls how he and Dot coped with the depression by "camping" in the California Gold country and mining gold. Buy it, Read it.