California Gold Rush
by Reynold Jay
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Title
California Gold Rush
Artist
Reynold Jay
Medium
Painting - Water Color
Description
The Wurtherington Diary: The California Gold Rush ( Book 4 of The Wurtherington Diary) art by Duy Truong. Discover nearly 50 products that appear with this image at Fine Arts America. Books and art available world-wide. Over 500 works of art appear for viewing at RJ's Gallery and then thousands of the world's great artists and images can be viewed and purchased including originals.
This is the fourth historical adventure from the "The Wurtherington Diary" series. Prepare to meet Cedric the mongoose, Zeke the orphaned opossum, and Alfred the kingly mouse. Now you will meet Polly the vulture who can be made enormous with a magic spell and flies Tammy and her friends from place to place. This adventure comes to life from Tammy's newly discovered diary that was written in 1883. The original art is enhanced by Duy Truong. As with all the Wurtherington Diary books, this one abounds in developing worthwhile feelings for its young readers. Things like honesty, compassion, and respect for others abound on very page.
Prepare for another rollicking adventure as Tammy and her cute little critters head for the gold fields of California in order to set the space-time continuum back in order. Tammy starts off her day in Rivers Falls Ohio as though it were an ordinary day. On her way to school she discovers that River Falls is a shanty town and The California Gold Company occupies the space where the church once stood. When it rains the roof nearly caves in at her school for lack of maintenance. Of course it is the space-time continuum that has caused all this and Tammy and her friends are soon sent to 1848 to see that the California Gold Rush is set back in order. Was it that gold was not discovered on that fateful day in 1848 or was it that some evil empire rose up because of it?
Tammy is sent back into time by the good sorceress, Lucinda to meet with John Sutter and James Marshall in hopes that gold will be discovered properly. They discover that finding gold is easy and then not so easy when one isn't really looking for it.
Six months later Tammy and her friends all find themselves in Coloma, now a boomtown, hit with gold fever. Law and order has completely disappeared and those with the fastest guns rule the goldfields. Slickest of all is Jessie Cole, owner of the Sourdough Saloon and Hotel, who routinely cheats the miners out of their mines in crooked poker games. Tammy becomes friends with Jessie Cole and he appoints her sheriff as he calculates Tammy will be his "patsy". Tammy announces that the toughest men in the West will be on the morning stage to become her deputies and cleanup the town. The stage arrives with Rattlesnake Cedric and Mad Dog Zeke ( her animal friends) and the town thinks they are a joke until Rattlesnake Cedric rounds up live rattlers for breakfast. The pair become instant legends and quickly clean up the town with one daring deed after another. All of this is accomplished without violence or the use of firearms. Hopefully, Tammy and her associates can stop the scheming Jessie Cole and his gang from creating an evil empire that culminates in Jessie becoming the President of the United States. Plan to enjoy these wonderful heartfelt characters in a breathless adventure for young and old.
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Comments (29)
Aline Halle-Gilbert
"Things like honesty, compassion, and respect for others abound on every page " ... so nice of you to transmit those values through beautiful artworks . Thank you for your nice comments about my artworks , you are an incentive to keep me creating !!!
Phyllis Kaltenbach
For you, Reynold! Congratulations,. Your wonderful image has been Featured in "Fuzzy, Warm and Soft. V/F
Lucinda Walter
Reynold, your work brings alive all the amazing adventures. Always so colorful and enjoyable to look at and read the descriptions. What a fabulous series. Have a wonderful week! :)
Maria Hunt
Warmest wishes for a happy New Year, Love this work... Favorite.
Reynold Jay replied:
Hi Maria, My artist, Duy moved from Vietnam to Canada in December and needed a month off! THis is a big deal as one would expect. I hope to have some new drawings up and running in the next week or two. William Tell's big scene is in progress. Thank you for the comment.