The Sounding is a historical narrative documenting the life and times of merchant adventurer Abraham Klauber.  The story is compelling and the photographs of early California and Nevada are impressive. The format is a premium hardcover, 544 page book with a beautiful dust jacket.  The saga presents the trials and tribulations of a Bohemia(Czech) Immigrant leaving the homeland by ship for America, crossing the isthmus of Nicaragua, and finally arriving in San Francisco, the gateway to the “Gold Country”.  During the 1850's,  Abe and his partner Francis built an empire in Sacramento and Volcano California, located in the heart of Gold Rush.  In the late 1850's Abraham  traveled via mule team over the Sierra Mountains to the Utah/Nevada Territory where as part of the "rush to Washoe" he opened stores in Genoa, Carson City and Virginia City.  He was involved with the rising tide and fortunes of the Pony Express, silver mining and the riches of Virginia City's Comstock Lode.  By 1869 he would move his business enterprises to San Diego California becoming  a civic leasder and one of the city's pioneer founders.  As a man he was devoted to family, lived a dream and left a legacy for many generations to come.

The Sounding is not the typical story of the “Californian Argonaut.”  The worn out image of the ‘49er, a dirty, heavy drinking, ragged clothed, long haired man with a floppy hat and pick, his poke full of gold dust, his daily toil wasted at the Faro table or in pursuit of endless debauchery at the local saloon or house of ill repute. This ‘49er has already been written about in hundreds if not a thousand or more books. He and his cohorts have already had far more notice than they ever should have and are therefore not the subject of The Sounding.   The cliché of the slothful prospector simply does not resemble to any degree more than half of the persons who made their appearance in the gold and silver rush days of California and the Nevada Territory.  Many of the undocumented pioneers, like Abraham Klauber were young, generally sober, adventurous, industrious, and honest young men, who toiled long hours as only those with great strength and ambition can.  Abraham Klauber is a fine example of what some of these successful young men had achieved. 

In those days when a man's success was not necessarily dependent on his character, but rather on a multitude of characteristics both good and bad, Abraham earned the nickname "Honest Abe" which followed him wherever he went. 

Key book topics include: California History, Carson Valley, Dayton Nevada, Gold Hill, California & Nevada mining camps, frontier law, Utah Territory, Vanderbilt, Mark Twain, Mormons, Nicaragua, San Juan del Sur, Silver City Nevada, Steamships, Western Judiasm, Paiute Indian Wars, San Diego Book Awards, Best History Winner, Hollywood Book Festival and so much more.

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