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The Treasure of PearlsGustave Aimard

The Treasure of Pearls

A Romance of Adventures in California

Listening time
about 8 h 06 min
Length
75,227 words
Public domain
the author died in 1883
Edition
Public-domain text, cleaned for narration
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430 KB stored on your device
Language
English
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We stand on Mexican soil. We are on the seaward skirt of its westernmost State of Sonora, in the wild lands almost washed by the Californian Gulf, which will be the formidable last ditch of the unconquerable red men flying before the Star of the Empire. Before us, the immensity of land; behind us, that of the Pacific Ocean. O immeasurable stretches of verdure which form the ever-unknown territory, the poetically entitled Far West, grand and attractive, sweet and terrible, the natural trellis of so rich, beautiful, mighty, and unkempt flora, that India has none of more vigour of production!

The Treasure of Pearls · Gustave Aimard

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