Denver: Unbridled Books, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, "a rich, gothic tale of a young soul coming of age during the explosive boom and bust years of an immigrant coal-mining town in 19th century California." Set in Nortonville in the Mount Diablo area, and at the Black Diamond mine in the 1860s-1870s, when this area was producing a quarter of San Francisco's coal. SIGNED on the title page. 275 pp. ISBN: 1932961003.