Prospector, The

DESCRIPTION: "Twelve years have I lived in this desolate place, Far from all habitation -- not even a face Have I seen...." He has seen "visions of gold in those canyons unmapped." Even though he knows the visions are foolish, he will stay in "the land of illusions"
AUTHOR: N. Howard Thorp
EARLIEST DATE: 1921 (Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys)
KEYWORDS: mining gold hardtimes
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys, p. 130, "The Prospector" (1 text)
File: ThLo130

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