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In 1898 San Francisco is jammed with gold seekers heading for Alaska At her bank Melinda McCrea withdraws the last of her funds to pay for next semester s teacher training While making her way through the crowd at the waterfront she is slammed to the ground Someone steals her money Now her schooling will have to wait. Better than gold lyrics With Evan her eight year old ward she returns to Monte Cristo in Washington state where she d left her fianc Evan s uncle Quin The thief also took an unread letter from Quin so she doesn t know he s taken a new job as a newspaper reporter His assignment To imbed himself among the gold rush hopefuls crossing Alaska s dangerous Valdez Glacier and send back a record of their experiences Meanwhile Melinda has a terrifying dream of Quin in mortal danger She heads to Alaska to find and warn him and discovers Evan has stowed away on the same boat On the way north the ship nearly founders in the very place she d dreamed about She is surer than ever that she must find Quin but miles of wilderness lie between them Can she and Evan catch up with Quin in time to warn him Or is there greater danger in the unanticipated outcome Join Melinda Quin and Evan as they discover there is something that is Better than Gold Better Than GoldBetter Than Gold a novel by Joan Rawlins Husby is the second of the Monte Cristo Memories series The takes gripping story pla mce ostly in the wilds of Alaska 1898. More than gold book In San Francisco Melinda McCrea makes her way to her bank through crowds of gold seekers on their way to Alaska She withdraws the last of her savings to pay for the next semester s teacher training After her stop at the bank she s accosted by a thief who absconds with her money plus an unread letter from her fianc Quin Chenoweth. Gold drop vs freedom Discouraged that she cannot return to teacher s training she and her ward eight year old Evan who is also her fianc s nephew return to Monte Cristo a gold rush town in Washington state She learns that Quin has taken a new job as a newspaper reporter and is on his way to Alaska s dangerous Valdez Glacier to report on gold rush seekers No doubt he had shared this news with her in his last letter that she hadn t had a chance to read. Is ice better than gold king legacy Melinda has a terrifying dream that Quin is in danger The dream is so urgent so compelling that she feels she has no choice but to find him and warn him of impending danger She boards a ship bound for Alaska but to her dismay discovers that Evan has stowed aboard His reason His uncle Quin had instructed him to take care of Melinda. Better world book reviews They arrive in Valdez and although she has lived in many gold rush towns none of them as rough as this Melinda finds work to earn enough money to continue her search for her fianc Finally she and Evan set out bound for Copper River in search of Quin. Better Than goldgo What follows is a harrowing venture in dangerously rough terrain and even tougher people Melinda makes friends but also an enemy She relies heavily on her strong Christian faith as she makes her way to find Quin in this vast wilderness. What's better than gold in terraria Joan Rawlins Husby writes with knowledge about Alaska She lived there for many years taught school and with her husband raised their children in Alaska s wilderness Husby is a strong Christian writer with a sense of adventure I have read other works by this author and heartedly recommend Better Than Gold Better Than Gold