{"product_id":"the-prospectors-paperback","title":"The Prospectors - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAriel Djanikian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sweeping rags-to-riches story about claiming the American Dream, following a family transformed by the Klondike Gold Rush.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Told in glimmering prose and rich with historical detail...you can feel the grit on your hands.\"--Celeste Ng\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Smart, surprising, and epic.\"--Chris Bohjalian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe middle daughter of struggling California fruit farmers, Alice Bush is accustomed to feeling inferior and destitute. But when her elder sister's husband strikes a vein of gold in the Yukon Territory, Alice joins a wave of white settlers making the dangerous trek to the Klondike, thus beginning a generations-long family quest for wealth that unfolds against the icy Canadian wilderness and the booming oilfields of California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne hundred years later, in 2015, Alice's great-great-granddaughter Anna must grapple with moral conflict and questions of justice as she travels to the Klondike to bequeath her would-be inheritance to the First Nations peoples who paid the price for its creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing the Klondike and turn-of-the-century California to vivid life, Ariel Djanikian weaves an ambitious narrative of claiming the American Dream and its rippling effects across generations. Sweeping and awe-inspiring, \u003cem\u003eThe Prospectors\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable story of family loyalties that interrogates the often-overlooked hostilities and inequities born during the Gold Rush era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 7.94 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42003969704071,"sku":"9780063289741","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/90c627ae404ef12487b3213f8d5f3faf.webp?v=1734070187","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-prospectors-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}