Overview
Maxy Awards 2025 Runner-Up: Historical & Adventure ""Fortune's Call is superbly written. Great contrast in characters, and the historical detail is incredible. Great authenticity. Once you start reading, I dare you to put it down!"" -James Robert Daniels, author of The Comanche Kid and Jane Fury Pegg, 14, yearned for adventure. He and his father left their family on a hardscrabble farm in Vermont to chase a desperate dream. After his dad died of fever on the high plains, Pegg's confident world fell apart. He found himself saddled with their partner, Fred Hoyt, who proved worse than useless. Now, it is up to Pegg to keep his father's dream alive. But California in the 1850's is a raw, lawless place, full of constant danger. Subsisting largely on hope, Pegg battles wild rivers, savage beasts, floods and fires. Even when the American River yields the gold that will allow Pegg to return home in triumph, Hoyt's addiction to trouble threatens not only Pegg's success, but their very lives. Can the boy who trusts too much keep his duplicitous partner from driving them to ruin?
Full Product Details
Author: Frank Nissen
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Imprint: Black Rose Writing
Volume: 2
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.558kg
ISBN: 9781685135980
ISBN 10: 1685135986
Pages: 420
Publication Date: 15 May 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""A great read. Dramatic... well-researched. Delightful reading... great descriptions."" -Betsy Schwarzentraub, published essayist
Maxy Awards 2025 Runner-Up: Historical & Adventure ""Fortune's Call is superbly written. Great contrast in characters, and the historical detail is incredible. Great authenticity. Once you start reading, I dare you to put it down!"" -James Robert Daniels, author of The Comanche Kid and Jane Fury ""Telling the story from, 14 yr old, Pegg's perspective, Nissen lets you feel what it was like to travel thousands of miles across the country, the sights and smells of wagon trains fording rivers and climbing mountains, the deprivation and pain, and the unexpected joys."" -Bill Baynes, author of The Occupation of Joe ""This book would be great for adults who appreciate historical action adventure, and for young readers. It should be in public and school libraries... I love how the author weaves historical details into the fictional story without turning it into a boring history lesson. I felt transported back to gold rush days..."" -Nicolle Goldman, author of That Pilgrimage Book
Author Information
Frank Nissen grew up in the gold country he loves to write about. Fortune's Call, published in 2022, is the first volume of his Gold Rush Odyssey saga. When not giving presentations based on his research, Frank is busily at work on book three.After a career as a story board artist and story developer, he enjoys hobnobbing with fellow writers and old school chums. Frank finds inspiration in people's stories, as well as horizons filled with trees rather than buildings.He invites readers to follow his escapades, read his musings, and see his latest doodles on Facebook at Frank Nissen Author.
