Thompson, E. V.  1931-2012. <br/><br/>
No less than the journey / 
E.V. Thompson. 
 - London :  Robert Hale,  2008. 
 - 336 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> HISTORICAL FICTION. Wesley Curnow, a young Cornish miner, arrives in the United States to seek an uncle who is working on the mines in Missouri. Taking passage on a boat from New York, bound for New Orleans, he meets up with a charismatic U.S. marshal who is en route to the western territories to bring law to the area.After a gun fight with pirates on the Mississippi River and an encounter with an attractive half-Mexican croupier, Wes parts company with his companions only to find his uncle has been forced to move away. Wes faces a serious altercation with German miners, meets an old 'Mountainman' who teaches him proficiency with a revolver, and then faces a journey overland through inhospitable country. But can he survive the journey? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780709087441 0709087446 (hbk.) 0709087497 (pbk.) 9780709087496 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA8A3214  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English--United States--Fiction.<br/>Miners--Missouri--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823.914