Time excerpts from THE BONANZA KING
“Mark Twain’s Real Name: How Sam Clemens Picked a Pen Name,” an excerpt from THE BONANZA KING.
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Posts related to my book THE BONANZA KING
Buried Treasure—a story about THE BONANZA KING in today’s Alta
Click here to read the full story: “Buried Treasure: California author Gregory Crouch digs deep into Wild West history,” Alta, Journal of Alta Calif...
When Mining Camps were the Tech Incubators of the West
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Diagrams to explain the square-set timbering technique
While writing THE BONANZA KING, I became fascinated with the techniques and technology of Comstock mining. Here are some diagrams to help explain the square-set...
Excerpt from THE BONANZA KING at Smithsonian
“The Mining Millionaire Americans Couldn’t Help but Love” My time with John Mackay is coming to an end, but your opportunity to get to know th...
Final resting place of THE BONANZA KING
Of the man. Hopefully not the book. ;-) Yesterday, Scribner Associate Editor Sarah Goldberg made a pilgrimage out Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery to pay he...
THE BONANZA KING in the house!
THE BONANZA KING is everything I hoped it would be
Booklist reviews THE BONANZA KING
" . . . a well-written and laudatory biography of a remarkable and admirable man."
Road rage is not a new phenomena
"a general row ensued, lasting some time, the combatants using whips, stones, etc. in the fight..."
It has happened before…
It has happened before: "At the peremptory request and desire of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton... declare and procla...