Title | : | False Face (Unabridged) |
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Author | : | Ernest Haycox |
Release | : | 2024-07-12 |
Kind | : | audiobook |
Genre | : | Fiction |
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1 | False Face (Unabridged) | Ernest Haycox |
They came from every corner of the State of Oregon and from adjoining states, rough people and refined, all eager to share in a new prospect of comfort and prosperity. Yet, the cause of this boom was a mere rumor, an unsubstantiated report that the government was going to dam a river in distant hills and construct major canals to irrigate the desert. It could be a land rush, as had happened in the past, or something worse, if the rumor really proved false. |