{"product_id":"9781480485105","title":"Calico Palace: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller that brings to life the passionate, adventurous men and women who transformed San Francisco during the California gold rush.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kendra comes to San Francisco, a sleepy town of nine hundred people, because her stepfather, an army colonel, is charged with overseeing its defenses during the Mexican War. Marny arrives from Honolulu to set up a gambling hall. Neither expects to be swept up in one of history’s greatest adventures, which begins when tiny flakes of gold are discovered in the California hills.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As both young women follow their dreams into the mining camps and back to a rapidly growing San Francisco, they encounter ambitious settlers, sailors, miners, ranchers, and mysterious drifters, men who will offer them love or friendship or will break their hearts. Yet Kendra and Marny’s lives stay centered on the Calico Palace, the little gambling operation in a tent in Shiny Gulch that becomes the most opulent gambling house in California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thrilling and rich in authentic historical detail, \u003ci\u003eCalico Palace\u003c\/i\u003e is first-rate historical fiction that informs and entertains.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126510797040,"sku":"9781480485105","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480485105_p0.jpg?v=1763619980","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480485105","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}