Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities

Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities is a travel story and an account of the man who got on a in the quest of discovering gold ship that had taken passage for California and got dragged away from the harbor.

Excerpt from the Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities

"It was a cold grey day; the deck of the Leucothea was sloppy with melting snow, and littered with chaotic little piles of luggage, among which the passengers wandered up and down like a hundred cats smelling about in a strange garret."