Il rinomato catalogo Walker & Dawn

The Pocket Watch Gang

A wonderful adventure novel that keeps you glued to the page, makes you smile, and moves you.

 Four friends with two things in common: three dollars and a burning desire to see the world. For four friends who live on one of the endless Louisiana bayous in early 1900s America, the 1,000-page Walker & Dawn Catalogue is the gateway to a world of hopes. So, when they find three silver dollars, they order an automatic revolver. But when the package arrives, it contains only a broken pocket watch.

When a stranger shows up to get the watch back and chases the kids, they decide to run away to Chicago, where the Walker & Dawn headquarters is, to return the watch and get a reward. However, they soon become entangled in a mysterious cold case: Miss Dawn, the catalogue’s inventor, was murdered by her lover on New Year’s Eve 1899. Just before she died, she hid all her wealth, and it’s never been found.

The pocket watch turns out to be the missing link to finding the treasure. It’s the key to opening a locker at Chicago’s Grand Central Station. A locker that’s been waiting for years to reveal its secrets.

沃克与道恩的非凡名录

这是一部让人手不释卷的冒险小说，既令人发笑，又让人感动。

四个好朋友有两个共同点：三美元，和一颗渴望探索世界的心。

20世纪初，在路易斯安那州的沼泽地带，四个孩子一边翻阅着《沃克与道恩目录》的千页图谱，一边憧憬着外面的世界。他们用找到的三美元订购了一把自动手枪，然而，寄来的包裹里只有一只坏掉的怀表。

一位想取回怀表的陌生人开始追捕他们，孩子们决定逃往目录总部的所在地芝加哥，打算归还怀表并换取悬赏。但他们很快卷入了一桩未解谜案：目录的创始人道恩小姐在1899年除夕夜被谋杀，临终前她藏起了全部财产，至今仍未被找到。

这只怀表竟是寻找宝藏的关键线索，它是芝加哥中央车站储物柜的钥匙。为了揭开迷雾，这个储物柜已经静静等待了很多年……