The Silver Cocubine

by Hal George Evarts, Robert McGinnis (Illustrator)

It is 1883 in a Nevada mining town called Vulcan City. A journalist smuggles four Asian women from the California coast as a job for the local Chinatown boss. Tempers flare as pressures build in town. The miners are unhappy as hours are cut, and someone is to take the blame when an inflammatory stranger comes to town.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1962

About the author

Hal/Harry George Evarts Sr (1887-1934) was the American author of: The Bald Face and Other Animal Stories (1921), The Yellow Horde (1921), Fur Sign (1922), The Settling of the Sage (1922), Tumbleweeds (1923), Spanish Acres (1925), The Painted Stallion (1926), The Moccasin Telegraph (1927), Fur Brigade (1928), Tomahawk Rights (1929), The Shaggy Legion (1930), Jerbo: The Jumper (1930), Kobi of the Sea (1930), Phantom: The White Mink (1930), Swift: The Kit Fox (1930), Shortgrass (1932) and Wolf Dog (1935).

Reviews

[George]

I enjoyed this book.

[Goatboy]

This lean story was surprisingly touching and exciting. A combination of western and mining town story, it hits some of the same themes as works like Warlock and Deadwood, without ever quite hitting their majestic heights.