This book is about the legend of Michael O'Malley, a traveler from Ireland to seek riches in the California gold fields. Michael strikes it rich due to unusual circumstances but pays a terrible price in the long haul. His legend of finding the "Mother Lode" lives on to this day.

This book contains valuable information regarding safety tipsand with general information tips to know in your daily travels and activities. People are often victimized because they just throw caution to the wind or have never been a victim. In America, we take our liberties for granted and feel our guardians, the police, are always present for our safety. This is not so. Police are underfunded, short on resources and just too few in number. One has to use caution, good judgment and knowledge in our 21st Century America.