Pursuing Gold

A Novel of the Civil War (Southern Gold, Book 1)

By: Cynthia L. Simmons

Narrated by: Sarah Neale

With his father dead and his business partner incapacitated, Peter Chandler inherits the leadership of a bank in economic crisis. With only a newly minted college degree and little experience, Peter joins his partner’s daughter, Mary Beth Roper, in a struggle to keep C&R Bank afloat while the Civil War rages around Chattanooga.

Political pressure for unsecured loans of gold to the government stirs up trouble as tempers and prices rise. Their problems multiply when Mary Beth discovers counterfeit money with Peter’s forged signature. Can they find the forger before the bank fails? The two friends must pursue gold on behalf of their business as they learn to pursue their Heavenly Father to find hope and peace.

©2016 Cynthia L. Simmons (P)2023 Elk Lake Publishing, Inc