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The Golden Soak
The Golden Soak | Hammond Innes
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An unscrupulous miner lies, cheats, and steals to survive in this rollicking adventure set in Western Australia. Alec Falls is a mining man, and on his honeymoon, he made the strike of his dreams: a long, beautiful seam of tin, just waiting to be ripped out of the ground. For two years, Falls and his wife lived high on the find, spending every penny they made, certain there would always be more. But one day the tin ran out, and so did Fallss wife. Broke, alone, and ruined, he starts a fire and burns his house to the ground. As far as the world is concerned, Alec Falls is dead. He travels to the forbidding desert of Western Australia in search of the legendary abandoned gold mine known as Golden Soak. But the mine is empty, the land is dry, and the people of the desert feed on men like Falls. To make a second fortune, he must pull water from the sandand gold from thin air. Inspired by Hammond Inness own extensive travels in Western Australia, Golden Soak is a classic story of adventure, daring, and greed at civilizations edge.
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CarolynM
The Golden Soak | Hammond Innes
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#GetMovin #Thriller

I don't really do thrillers so I was racking my brain to come up with something for this. Then I remembered that back in high school a friend and I used to trade Hammond Innes and Alistair Mclean novels. So here is a 70s edition of a Hammond Innes adventure set in the Australian outback (and the late great Ray Barrett on the cover). Thanks to our lovely hosts @Cinfhen and @eanderson for a fun month.

CarolynM It has wonderfully #YellowedPages for the #OldCoolBooks prompt I missed @Linsy (edited) 7y
Cathythoughts Something about your book description & book cover makes me feel nostalgic 😊 7y
CarolynM @Cathythoughts Yes, it's very 1970s isn't it? Interestingly this seems to be the only one of those books that I have kept. 7y
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Cinfhen Thanks for joining in 😘enjoyed seeing your posts ❣️❣️❣️ 7y
eanderson Adventure in the Australian Outback? Sold!!! It was a blast to be able to cohost... my TBR doubled in size though! 😳 (I‘m ok with that! 🤪) (edited) 7y
Linsy Fun! 💛 7y
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