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What is fortune worth when cold water, hard weather, and danger stand between you and your future?
In Kirk Munroe’s The Copper Princess, a young man heads into the Lake Superior mining country to find his place in the world. Copper draws people seeking work and wealth. Among mines and remote camps, his search for fortune becomes a test of hard work, loyalty, and survival.
This is a country of busy settlements, cold water, and hard weather, where people depend on one another. Friendship matters as much as money. Munroe’s direct, readable adventure moves from arrival toward mounting challenges, inviting you to follow a young person whose hopes meet the demands of a rough frontier.
What you’ll discover
- The copper country Enter a Lake Superior landscape where the search for copper turns quiet shores into busy settlements.
- A fortune to seek Follow a young man looking for wealth and a place in the world.
- Friendship under pressure Discover why loyalty matters in remote camps where people must depend on one another.
- More than money See how the hope of fortune shares the story with friendship and the struggle to survive.
- Danger drawing closer Follow an old-fashioned adventure whose growing challenges keep you curious about what comes next.
Who will love it
You will enjoy this if you like old-fashioned adventure, close friendships between unlikely companions, underground exploration, smugglers and secret caves, or a hero who rises from nothing by courage and good humour.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A rescue on a moving train
- A cablegram ends an Oxford dream
- The cage, the mine and a fight in the dark
- Dynamite, a confession and a hero's welcome
- A lost letter and a face in the cliff
- Seized, thrown into a pit and buried alive
- Darrell's secret and a battle in the cavern
- What the story is really about
- How the story is told
Who’s who
- Richard PeverilA strong young Oxford oarsman who loses his fortune and, as Dick Peril, seeks work and a lost mine.
- Tom TrefethenA young compressor runner at the White Pine Mine whose life Peveril saves and who becomes his loyal friend.
- Mark TrefethenTom's father, a gruff, generous Cornish timber boss who takes Peveril in and teaches him mining.
- Mike ConnellAn Irish miner who starts as Peveril's enemy from jealousy and becomes his most devoted ally.
- Nelly TrefethenTom's spirited sister, who nurses Peveril and hopes to know where his heart lies.
- Mary DarrellA lonely girl who dresses as a boy, keeps her father's secret on a cliff, and wishes for friends.
- Ralph DarrellPeveril's father's old partner, a ruined banker who guards a barren mine and a smuggling trade.
- OwenA jealous scholar from Oxford who wants Rose Bonnifay and works to turn her against Peveril.
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La Principessa di rame
by Kirk Munroe · 1898
A ruined Oxford oarsman takes a miner's job in Michigan and finds a vanishing girl in a red cliff.
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The Copper Princess is an adventure novel by Kirk Munroe, set in the copper country of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the shore of Lake Superior. It follows Richard Peveril, a young American who has stroked the Oxford eight and believes himself rich, until one cablegram brings news that puts that fortune in doubt.
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A rescue on a moving train
The story opens at Hancock station, where the narrow-gauge train for Red Jacket is just pulling out. A young man runs from the waiting room and tries to jump aboard the smoking car. He misses the step and falls between two cars, clinging to a handrail with the wheels beneath him. People on the platform cry out in horror and turn away, sure they are about to see a man killed.
One passenger does not turn away. Richard Peveril, neatly dressed and powerfully built, drops his bag, throws himself over the guardrail and braces his knees against its supports. Stretching his arms to their limit, he catches the fallen man by the coat collar and hauls him up onto the platform. The train carries on, and almost nobody on board notices what has happened.
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What is The Copper Princess about?
It follows Richard Peveril, a young American who loses his fortune and goes to the Lake Superior copper country. He takes a mine job, makes friends among the miners, and searches for the mine his father part owned.
Who wrote The Copper Princess and when?
Kirk Munroe, an American author of adventure stories for young readers, who died in 1930. The novel is set in the copper country of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, in the days of narrow-gauge trains and lantern signals.
Who is Mary Darrell in The Copper Princess?
She is the daughter of Ralph Darrell, who lives at a lonely mining village on the lake shore. She wears boys' clothes when she rides, helps her father with secret work, and keeps watch from a cliff.
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