Project Gutenberg 2020-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 297 Boldrewood, Rolf 1826 1915 Browne, Thomas Alexander The Last Chance: A Tale of the Golden West Produced by MWS, David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Last Chance: A Tale of the Golden West" by Rolf Boldrewood is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Arnold Banneret, a Commissioner of Goldfields and Police Magistrate, who embarks on a risky mining investment alongside Jack Waters, a miner who has returned from a difficult journey with promising quartz specimens. Set against the backdrop of the Australian gold rush, the novel explores themes of ambition, trust, and the harsh realities of life on the goldfields. At the start of the novel, we meet Arnold Banneret as he grapples with financial pressures and a mining case that weighs heavily on his mind. He encounters Jack Waters, a weary and destitute miner, who implores Banneret to invest in a lucrative mining claim he's discovered. Despite his initial hesitations about the high stakes, the Commissioner ultimately agrees, recognizing the potential for great wealth. The opening chapters establish the complex relationships and personal stakes involved in this venture, hinting at the challenges and adventures that lie ahead as they travel into the less explored areas of the West in search of fortune. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Australia -- Fiction Rich people -- Fiction Gold mines and mining -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure 848931 2025-07-24T10:23:31.801411 text/html 827489 2024-10-17T16:23:50 text/html 584075 2025-07-24T10:23:43.141368 application/epub+zip 600376 2025-07-24T10:23:33.737465 application/epub+zip 401856 2025-07-24T10:23:32.769394 application/epub+zip 851268 2025-07-24T10:23:50.336814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 660257 2025-07-24T10:23:42.073404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 567711 2022-09-27T18:04:44.342086 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 727035 2025-07-24T10:23:30.341445 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 707087 2024-10-17T16:23:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16990 2025-07-24T10:23:50.575815 application/rdf+xml 15540 2025-07-24T10:23:32.947439 image/jpeg 1939 2025-07-24T10:23:32.879433 image/jpeg 573430 2025-07-24T10:23:31.871442 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