02293cam a2200325 4500 2467540605 TxAuBib 20250601120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781480485105 1480485101 B00K04NWMY Amazon 60644237-0d42-4ad5-9f05-1d49a508c3ba OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1736866 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Bristow, Gwen. Calico Palace [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Open Road Media, 2014. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Historical. Fiction. ebook. HTML:The New York Times bestseller that brings to life the passionate, adventurous men and women who transformed San Francisco during the California Gold Rush. Kendra comes to San Francisco, a sleepy town of nine hundred people, because her stepfather, an army colonel, is charged with overseeing its defenses during the Mexican War. Marny arrives from Honolulu to set up a gambling hall. Neither expects to be swept up in one of history’s greatest adventures, which begins when tiny flakes of gold are discovered in the California hills.   As both young women follow their dreams into the mining camps and back to a rapidly growing San Francisco, they encounter ambitious settlers, sailors, miners, ranchers, and mysterious drifters, men who will offer them love or friendship or will break their hearts. Yet Kendra and Marny’s lives stay centered on the Calico Palace, the little gambling operation in a tent in Shiny Gulch that becomes the most opulent gambling house in California.   Thrilling and rich in authentic historical detail, Calico Palace is first-rate historical fiction that informs and entertains. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-07-31 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/calico-palace?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/calico-palace?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)