When Mining Camps were the Tech Incubators of the West
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Author: Gregory
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."
“How to Read Nature” by Tristan Gooley, reviewed by Gregory Crouch
Here's "What's Written in the Wind," my review of How to Read Nature by Tristan Gooley for "The Wall Street Journal," December 16 & 17, 2017. "[Mr. Goole...
“It Takes a Tribe” by Will Dean and Tim Adams, reviewed for the WSJ by Gregory Crouch
Here’s “Things You Don't Tell Your Mudder,” my review of "It Takes a Tribe" by Will Dean and co-author Tim Adams in "The Wall Street Journal," Friday, October 1...
“Ultimate Glory” by David Gessner, reviewed by Gregory Crouch for the WSJ
This one was fun! In it we get "marijuana, psychotropic mushrooms, sex, angst, friendships, cultural commentary, testicular cancer and lots of beer."
“The House of Memory” by John Freely, reviewed by Gregory Crouch for the WSJ
Here's my latest book review, "Beholding Hell Before Age 20," of John Freely's "The House of Memory," which appeared in The Wall Street Journal on March 16, 201...