After the Civil War, thousands of veterans swarmed into the West, searching for a new life. Fifteen-year-old Grayson Beauvais comes with his father to find gold in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory. There he encounters a West that’s both like and unlike the West of TV and movies, and both friendship and unreasoning enmity between people of different ethnic backgrounds. And there he plays a part n George Hearst’s founding of the Homestake Mining Company that becomes the largest gold mine in the Americas….
After the Civil War, thousands of veterans swarmed into the West, searching for a new life. Fifteen-year-old Grayson Beauvais comes with his father to find gold in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory. There he encounters a West that’s both like and unlike the West of TV and movies, and both friendship and unreasoning enmity between people of different ethnic backgrounds. And there he plays a part n George Hearst’s founding of the Homestake Mining Company that becomes the largest gold mine in the Americas….
Barnes & Noble is the world’s largest retail bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. Our Nook Digital business offers a lineup of NOOK® tablets and e-Readers and an expansive collection of digital reading content through the NOOK Store®. Barnes & Noble’s mission is to operate the best omni-channel specialty retail business in America, helping both our customers and booksellers reach their aspirations, while being a credit to the communities we serve.
