A Bag of Lucky Rice - 7 Angebote vergleichen

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
children's books,humor,humor and entertainment,9 - 12 years, No one much expects Rusty to go out in the desert beyond Rhyolite, a small mining town in Nevada's Amargosa Desert, and come home with the Mother Lode. No one, that is, except his two good Chinese friends, Lo Fat and Lee, and maybe his clever donkey Zeke. After all, Rusty's is pretty much a one-man operation and even his digging tools don't get much use (hence his name). But sure enough, on his first trip Rusty discovers a strongbox buried near a spring and in it enough nuggets of pure gold to pretty much buy the entire state.This is a wonderful story. Not only does it give a real sense of what mining and prospecting were like in the days of the western gold rush, it also has a moral core: the division that inevitably arose between the Chinese immigrants who were brought to the West to build the Transcontinental Railroad, and the miners, who generally didn't want anything to do with them or their children. How Lo Fat and Lee gradually win the respect, and the affection, of the people of Rhyolite is moving, and timely. The black and white illustrations that begin the chapters are clever and engaging. The story moves briskly and convincingly.But what really makes the story move, and moving, is the social dynamics that are at play between Rusty, the old-timer everyone has given up on, the Chinese cook and his son, who no one even wants to acknowledge, and the basic good nature and democratic spirit of the West that needs a little jolt to surface, but which ultim.

Lieferung aus: Kanada, In Stock, plus shipping.
George Reichart, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Bag Of Lucky Rice, Occasionally, from out of nowhere, comes a story from a totally unknown writer that really touches the heart. This story is such a tale: a charming, somewhat old-fashioned, and totally authentic story of the Old West. It features Rusty Dalton, a down-on-his-luck prospector, who, along with his faithful mule Zeke, discovers a king's ransom of hidden gold, manages to haul it back to the Wells Fargo office in Rhyolite, and then decides to do some real good with it. It contains an exemplary cast of characters, but this is not just a story of outlaws, heroes, sagebrush, and hidden treasure. At its core, it is a tale of prejudice and courage, of humor, humanity, and decency, all set in a small desert town that could be anywhere.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, in-stock.
Rusty, an old prospector, and Lo Fat and Lee, two Chinese living in the small mining town of Rhyolite, Nevada, become friends and share the excitement of finding gold in the Amargosa Desert.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks.
David R. Godine Publisher, 2004. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks.
David R Godine, 2004-11-30. Paperback. Good.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks-Atlanta, MI, Brownstown, [RE:5].
Softcover.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, zzgl. Versandkosten, Versandgebiet: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks-Reno, NV, Reno, [RE:5].
Softcover.