In its 1999 edition, this fascinating book has a history of nearly half a century. It began in 1952 as a series of articles in FORTNIGHT magazine, and became a book in 1954.

First published in 1962 in a limited hardcover edition of 1000, this remarkable record of a California miner in the 1850s is an important--and in many ways unique--contribution to our knowledge of the Gold Rush.

From the 1860s to the '80s, thousands of men and women rushed in search of silver to the untapped wilderness east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, from Lake Tahoe to the Mojave Desert.

Out of old newspapers, courtroom testimony, diaries, letters, and reminiscences, author Remi Nadeau opens up a hithero neglected chapter in California history.

There is much on the heralded gold rush of California--but not as much on the history of silver mining. For anyone who is a fan of history...especially California history, this is a must read book.