Jones focused a lot of his writing on the beauty and population boom in California and the west.
[2] He studied mechanical engineering in New York, which led to an interest in the California gold rush, and he moved to there in 1911.
Some of his most famous works include: The Vineyard and Ark of Empire: San Francisco's Montgomery Block.
After her father's death, Pendle's skills make her a valuable asset to an individual living on a vineyard in Napa Valley.
His first novel, The Splendid Shilling, came out in 1926, with a storyline that mirrored his own, shifting from Wales to California during the Gold Rush.