Dragon Tooth Gold: Volume 3 - Pay Dirt

Publisher Marketing: Prologue - The four Callahan's reach the west coast and prepare to go their separate ways. The nation is on the brink of the Civil War. The year is 1860. Yuma Crossing - Eli returns to Arizona Territories, settles on the red mountain, and takes an Indian woman, Abby, for his wife. Young Doctor Suzette - Suzette enters the University of the Pacific Medical College and trains under a famous surgeon. Sierra Nevada Mother Lode - Roland and Lia travel the Mother Lode looking for John Gould. The Storm's Golden Gift - A one-thousand-year storm topples a tree on the top of Red Mountain and reveals the golden secret of the mountain. Beale's Crossing - Two Indian scouts guide Roland and Lia on a quest to find the red mountain. Doctor Callahan - Suzette completes her medical studies in record time. Red Mountain Mining - Eli and Roland continue to develop the gold deposit. Lia gives birth to her first, Baby Anna. New Arrivals -- Pauline Weaver discovers gold. Weaver's strike brings the Gold Rush. All that Glitters - The first gold heist, the thieves only get away with a decoy Mr. Sue made from discarded brass. Perry's Payback - Suzette and Bridgette experience rape, perpetrated by Major Jenkins and the banker from San Francisco. Roland sets out to destroy the banker. The Ultimate Revenge - Revenge is delivered cruelly to Major Jenkins by the hand of Santiago, Reunion and Departure - Denise returns to Red Mountain, sick with cancer. Suzette can only make her comfortable till her death. Eliza's Secret Room - Deep within the mountain, a passageway to a cavern is discovered. The Second Paradigm - Mr. Sue's nephew organizes the next gold heist. Almost kills Mr. Sue during the robbery. The Blessed and the Dammned - Connor hunts and sinks an armored Confederate warship. Lighthouse Quest - Eliza wins a bet on a shooting contest. Moses has to take her to see a lighthouse. The Tail of the Dragon - Fame, and destiny arrive at the Red Mountain Mine in the form of a fossilized dinosaur with a gold tooth in the heart of the gold deposit Resurrection - Connor, and Santiago set out to retrieve the guns from the blessed. Usenbestia - Eliza, and Maria name the dinosaur. God's Beast in literal Spanish and Apache. Jacques - on the brink of insanity from the killings in the war, General Hancock sends Jacques to Texas to fight Confederate sympathizers among the Indian Nations The Roar of the Dragon - The mine plan is in place to recover the remainder of the gold. Filmore -- Bridgette's abuser settles in Wickenburg, terminal with syphilis. Chinatown - Mr. Sue arrives in San Francisco to find his nephew, the di low of the street gangs. He works with the community to eliminate the menace of the nephew and his boss. Going Home - Moses takes Suzette and Bridgette to Independence. Connor takes Ragini to India and on to Ireland. Epilogue - The Callahans were little more than teenagers when they settled at Red Mountain. They leave hardened young adults ready to face the challenge of reconstruction after the Civil War. Publisher Marketing : Gold is where you find it; the time-honored mantra of the weekend prospector to the seasoned professional; is at best only a half-truth. Gold is where the planet, through its myriad, inanimate geological processes, choose to leave it. The Dragon Tooth Gold Mine was no exception to the science underlying the geological process of gold deposition, however, only difficult to find microscopic gold on the surface masked the deposit from the greedy eyes of the early prospectors. But it's not only "The Luck of the Irish" that brings the young Callahans to one of the richest gold mines in the Arizona Territories. Through the patience and perseverance of an Indian woman that Eli Callahan takes for his wife, the secrets of the red mountain are unveiled layer by layer. From gold pan to arrastra and sluice; to underground mining, stamp mills, and amalgam tables, the wealth of the Dragon Tooth Mine fuels the Federal money presses of the Civil War. There is more in the mine than gold; the remains of dinosaurs that roamed the earth sixty-five million years ago also await for discovery. More than fossilized ones, the unique discovery fans the fires of news craven printing presses worldwide. Destin also finds the Callahans. Suzette completes her medical degree; Jacques joins the US Army as a scout; Roland becomes the family's financial manager, and Eli stays on the red mountain and mines the gold. More adventure, more intrigue, the Dragon Tooth Gold Series continues moving through and beyond the Civil War years. Contributor Bio: Tahtim, Ann Ayliffe Tahtim Ayliffe graduated Suma cum Laude from the University of New Mexico, 1996 with a degree in Creative Writing and a minor in geology. She won the distinguished status with her senior project short story, Life Prints. The original copy of Life Prints resides on the selves of the University of New Mexico's honors section and will be referenced in perpetuity as a model of excellent storytelling. Ms. Ayliffe has published a short literary piece in Aquarian Times, Time is Like a Receipt. She also holds an A.A. in Geology from San Juan College, in Farmington, NM and is currently the Owner/CFO of the Spring Creek Company and Tulsa Granite, LLC in Wilburton, OK. Contributor Bio: Terry, McGrew Terry McGrew is retired from more than thirty years of government service. She worked for the State of California, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Defense. For the Department of the Interior, she wrote contracts. For the Federal Government, she worked in the airplane maintenance group at McClelland Field in Sacramento and wrote numerous procedural documents and training manuals. Additionally, she created and proofread the day-to-day reports and correspondence to base command. Many upwardly mobile young officers discovered her proof-perfect editing and were spared the embarrassment of sending a document forward to a commanding officer with a misspelled word or a missing comma. Terry had a long and rewarding career and stepped into retirement as she slipped the lock closed on the main gate in the closing ceremony of McClelland field. Retired up the road in Orangevale, Terry brings a life's work of talent into the volumes of Dragon Tooth Gold.

Format: Hardcover | Pages: 370 | Publication Date: 2020-01-04