Crown of Dust by Volmer, Mary

Crown of Dust (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781569479865)

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Format: Paperback
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Crown of Dust by Volmer, Mary

Crown of Dust

$16.95
Crown of Dust by Volmer, Mary

Crown of Dust

$16.95
Format: Paperback
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The gold rush has taken hold of the Wild West. Pioneers from around the country congregate in makeshift settlements like Motherlode in hopes of striking it rich. It's here that Alex, disguised as a boy and on the run from her troubled past, is able to blend in among the rough and tumble prospectors living on little more than adrenaline and moonshine.

Word spreads quickly when Alex becomes the first in Motherlode to strike gold. Outsiders pour in from wealthy east coast cities, primed to cash in on the discovery. But these opportunists from the outside world have no place in Motherlode and threaten to rip the town--and its residents--apart. Alex must fight to protect her buried secrets--and her life. And against the odds, it's here, in this lawless outpost, that Alex is finally able to find friendship, redemption, and even love.

Author: Mary Volmer
ISBN-10: 1569479860
ISBN-13: 9781569479865
Publisher: Soho Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2011
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.51w x 1.14d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 11/13/2011 pg. 52
By Mary Volmer
By Mary Volmer
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Mary Volmer was born in Grass Valley, California, and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Saint Mary's College and master's degree from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where she was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. She has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and Hedgebrook and now teaches at Saint Mary's College. She is also the author of Reliance, Illinois.

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