The Golden Fleece: A Romance of the Western Desert
Jul 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A professor of geology, a retired general, and a young engineer sit on a hot veranda west of the Rockies arguing about the sea that used to be there — and out in the desert is a mine called the Golden Fleece, a relic said to be Montezuma's, and a woman who knows more about both than she says. Julian Hawthorne grew up among Emerson, Thoreau and Melville, wrote some fifty books, and later went to prison for mail fraud over a mining stock — which lends this treasure romance of 1892 an edge he did not plan. Fifty-four plates, from Winslow Homer's seals on the rocks to Albert Bierstadt's California pioneers, carry the desert and the sea through the story in paint.
A professor of geology, a retired general, and a young engineer sit on a hot veranda west of the Rockies arguing about the sea that used to be there — and out in the desert is a mine called the Golden Fleece, a relic said to be Montezuma's, and a woman who knows more about both than she says. Jul...
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Julian Hawthorne (1846–1934) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. Son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, he served as a war correspondent for the New York Journal and contributed to numerous periodicals. His works include the novels Archibald Malmaison and The Golden Fleece, the story collection David Poindexter's Disappearance, and the memoir Hawthorne and His Circle.
Julian Hawthorne (1846–1934) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. Son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, he served as a war correspondent for the New York Journal and contributed to numerous periodicals. His works include the novels Archibald Malmaison and The Golden Fleece, the sto...
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