TY - BOOK AU - L'Amour, Louis TI - The Californios SN - 9780553253221 U1 - 813.52 PY - 1974/// CY - New York PB - Bantam Books KW - California--Los Angeles KW - California Gold discoveries Fiction KW - California History To 1846 Fiction KW - Californie Découvertes d'or Romans, nouvelles, etc KW - Californie Histoire Jusqu'à 1846 Romans KW - nouvelles, etc KW - Fiction KW - Gold mines and mining KW - History KW - Western Fiction KW - Western stories N2 - Captain Sean Mulkerin comes home from the sea to find his family's Malibu ranch in jeopardy. The death of Sean's father has pushed his mother to the edge of financial ruin, and now it's up to Sean to find a way out. The rumor is that the elder Mulkerin found gold in the wild and haunted California hills, but the only clue to its whereabouts lies with an ancient, enigmatic Indian. When Sean and his brother set forth to retrace their father's footsteps, they know they are in search of a questionable treasure--with creditors, greedy neighbors, and ruthless gunmen watching every move they make. Before they reach their destination, the Mulkerins will test both the limits of their faith and the laws of nature as they seek salvation in a landscape where reality can blur like sand and sky in a ER -