Read more
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.
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
Foreword
- Advertising in MPIBA Holiday Catalog.
- Colorado Indie store tour, also events at gift shops at mines, visitor and interpretive centers, etc.
- Targeted reviews, excerpts, and interviews in trade, history (American History magazine), special interest (Gold Prospectors Association of America magazine, National Mining Association newsletter), and regional media (CPR, High Country, Colorado Life, Colorado Country Life, etc.)
- Social media excerpt promotions to audiences interested in #goldmining and #prospecting.
- Targeted MPIBA author feature and galley giveaways at ALA, BEA, and MPLA.
