Lost Treasure of the China Bar: A Historical Novel of a Woman and Her Epic Adventure in the American Old West and Beyond

by Douglas Withrow, Laura Belanger (Editor)

In the year 1850, an adolescent Filipina girl is captured by marauding pirates and tossed into a whirlpool of turmoil.Emerging from her misfortune, she finds herself bravely traversing from Hawaii to The Cascade Mountains and onward into the American Old West. By chance, she stumbles upon a treasure of gold extracted by Chinese miners,and hidden before the Chelan Chinese Massacre.. Fate and her quest to return to the Philippines push her onward. Saddle your horse and hang on as you follow her down the path of her adventure! The trail is laced with actual historical events and Native American historical figures according to the timeline. You’ll be pulled into the story and want to seek the treasure when you’re finished! This epic tale follows a brave, indigenous woman and the hardships she overcomes throughout new lands as she encounters pirates, sailors, cowboys, and Native American chiefs and their tribes. The book is rich with actual historical events, heavily researched by the author. Douglas Withrow explores crossing ethnic boundaries, slavery, and racism in the US in this adventurous novel, which is "destined to become a national literary classic," according to Albert Villahermosa, Mayor of Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines.

474 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 21, 2019