Project Gutenberg 2011-11-06 Public domain in the USA. 250 Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) 1870 1952 Sabin, Edwin Legrand 17024099 The Pike's Peak Rush; Or, Terry in the New Gold Fields Produced by Beth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Pike's Peak Rush; Or, Terry in the New Gold Fields" by Edwin L. Sabin is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of the 1859 gold rush to the Pike's Peak region, the story follows the adventurous young protagonist, Terry Richards, his friend Harry Revere, and their humorous yet challenging quest to seek their fortunes in the Colorado gold fields. The opening of the novel introduces readers to Terry and his family at their Kansas ranch, igniting the excitement of the gold rush as news spreads about thousands of people heading to the mountains in search of riches. Terry, eager to join the rush before all the gold is claimed, persuades his father to let him venture into the unknown with Harry. As they prepare for their journey with their makeshift cart, pulled by a half-buffalo named Duke and a yellow mule named Jenny, the boys set off on an adventure filled with humor and hardships, sharing hopes and aspirations of finding their own gold mine. The narrative highlights their youthful exuberance and resilience as they navigate obstacles and uncertainties in the pursuit of their dreams. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Western stories Gold mines and mining -- Fiction Pikes Peak (Colo.) -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure Category: American Literature 395448 2025-06-15T12:10:22.673125 text/html 396573 2011-11-06T11:33:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 291825 2011-11-09T06:33:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 394962 2025-06-15T12:10:33.258088 application/epub+zip 400023 2025-06-15T12:10:26.662151 application/epub+zip 223125 2025-06-15T12:10:25.098141 application/epub+zip 654866 2025-06-15T12:10:38.081098 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 628530 2025-06-15T12:10:32.128071 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418082 2022-09-17T10:50:38.871491 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 369055 2025-06-15T12:10:21.415170 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 368878 2011-11-06T11:33:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 142971 2011-11-09T06:33:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 368872 2011-11-06T11:33:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 142954 2011-11-09T06:33:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21002 2025-06-15T12:10:38.239047 application/rdf+xml 18997 2025-06-15T12:10:25.703132 image/jpeg 4297 2025-06-15T12:10:25.397111 image/jpeg 375126 2025-06-15T12:10:22.719171 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia