Ian Neligh

Gold!

Madness, Murder, and Mayhem in the Colorado Rockies

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Produktbeschreibung

Ian Neligh takes an unflinching look at the people and places gripped by gold fever in the Colorado Rockies. A journey to find the source of gold's enthralling power, and a fascinating chronicle of fortune hunters both past and present.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: WestWinds Press
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9781513260679
• ISBN-10: 1513260677
• Artikelnr.: 48814538

Autorenporträt

Ian Neligh is the editor of the Clear Creek Courant newspaper, located in Idaho Springs, the town where the Colorado gold rush first began. He has won many state and national journalism awards for his writing and reporting including first place for online in-depth reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists, first place for investigative reporting from the Colorado Press Association, and numerous others.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Wolverines and Sunken Treasure
Chapter 2: A Fortune Lost and Found
Chapter 3: Diving for Gold
Chapter 4: Aladdin's Cave
Chapter 5: Chasing a Bullet
Chapter 6: Hard Rock Miner
Chapter 7: The New Prospectors
Chapter 8: A Gold Tooth and a Pair Of Pistols
Chapter 9: Gunslingers, Killers, and Ghosts
Chapter 10: The Tale of Two Cities
Chapter 11: Never Fearless
Chapter 12: Windigo
Chapter 13: Those Who Came Before
Chapter 14: What the Next Blast Brings
Chapter 15: A Family Legacy
Chapter 16: The Long Tunnel
Chapter 17: Phantoms
Chapter 18: Bat Country
Chapter 19: Ghost Country
Epilogue
Bibliography