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David's glamorous fiancée doesn't want to take care of David's recently orphaned niece or live in the dusty desert-or get married, unless David strikes gold. Desperate to return to her hometown, Ruth, a kind-hearted waitress at a local café, offers to care for David's niece in exchange for a ride to Nevada. A friendship unfolds, along with the complicated history of the Broken Wheel Mine. How can Ruth support David while being mindful of her reputation and his engagement?

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The author's lifelong interest in historical matters is reflected here, as it was in her earlier books, Kern's Desert (1956) and The Mojave River and Its Valley (1970). Following a decade of teaching, Mrs. Peirson turned to journalism and public relations work, becoming the editor of the weekly paper Rocketeer (1945-1950) of the China Lake Naval Weapons Center and later the editor of the Apply Valley Bonanza (1965-1967). Her experience has also been noted in her editorial work and historical feature writing for the newspapers of Apple, Valley, Hesperia, Victorville, Barstow, Ridgecrest, and Fresno. A member of several historical societies and of the National League of American Pen Women. In 2024, Fresno's Past was published posthumously which originally appeared as a column in the Fresno Guide newspaper from 1963 to 1965 and which she was cultivating it into a book at the time of her passing in 1971. In 2025 the book From Missouri to the Mojave was published where she reflects on her early life, beginning in the late 1890's to the late 1940's through a collection of life stories. Contributor on Fresno's Past in 2024 and From Missouri to the Mojave in 2025. Retired Engineering Manager living in Orange County, California. American film director, graphic artist, character designer and animator, who worked with animation film director Ralph Bakshi and on X-Men: Evolution.

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