Digging for Gold
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- First published
- 1893
- Pages
- 70Digital edition
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 4 of 10
A little about the story
Frank Allfrey would rather be a painter, but his uncle has other ideas. Instead, Frank finds himself in California at the height of the gold rush, among miners, gamblers, mountain men and Native Americans.
R. M. Ballantyne mixes adventure in the mountains with a gentle comedy about a young man who keeps wanting to sketch the scenery while everyone else is digging for gold.
Things You May Not Know About Digging for Gold
- Subtitled Adventures in California.
- By the author of The Coral Island.
- A reluctant miner. Frank's love of painting keeps getting in the way of his digging.
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Part of Freebookia's children's classics collection, added November 2026.
