Hangtown: The Bonner Saga, Book 3

By Ken Consaul

The Bonner Saga continues. Compelling historical drama in the California gold rush Volume Three in the series Upon arriving in California, Josh and Elizabeth Bonner find a land in chaos. Gold has been discovered in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and the whole territory is awash with fortune hunters. The coastal settlements have been abandoned. Law and order has succumbed to gold fever.What little the Bonners possess is on two carts. Winter is coming and they need shelter and supplies. Old friends who have established a bakery tell them of a derelict ship where they can perhaps salvage materials. With Jubal, a runaway slave, and a British mining engineer, they decide to winter aboard the ship. It is not to be and they soon find themselves in Hangtown, a notorious mining camp on the American River. Hangtown has earned its moniker.The Bonners and their friends partner up with some prospectors from New York and begin working the "dry diggings" not far from the camp. Gold in abundance is discovered and the find must be claimed and protected from interlopers. Old enemies emerge and new friends are made as the young couple struggle to survive and flourish in a lawless land.Hangtown is Volume Three, preceded by The Platte River Waltz, Orphans in the Storm and The Platte River Waltz, The Growler Brigade , both four star plus books. Hangtown is a stand alone book drawing background from the first two installments

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520933223
• ISBN13: 9781520933221
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"