“The Man Who Hit the Mother Lode”—the WSJ review of THE BONANZA KING
Here’s “The Man Who Hit the Mother Lode,” by Patrick Cooke for the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal, July 7 & 8, 2018. (Clicking...
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Posts related to my book THE BONANZA KING
“Who was the richest Irish person in history?”
Niall O’Dowd wrote “The richest Irishman who ever lived — have you ever heard his name?” about John Mackay and THE BONANZA KING for IrishCentr...
Interviewed about THE BONANZA KING for NPR’s Jefferson Exchange
Geoffrey Riley of NPR’s Jefferson Exchange interviewed me about THE BONANZA KING this morning. You can listen to a podcast of the interview here, or else ...
My interview with The History Author Show about THE BONANZA KING
Dean Karayanis of the History Author Show interviewed me about THE BONANZA KING. Here’s the podcast, which Dean posted this morning.
“The Richest Mineral Discovery in American History” in Mining.com
“It makes a poor man sick to look at it,” he said. Mining.com excerpted this from THE BONANZA KING: “The Big Bonanza: The richest mineral disc...
Noozhawk on THE BONANZA KING
Here’s Noozhawk of Santa Barbara on THE BONANZA KING, by Kimberly Collins.
“Rags to Riches” in the Santa Barbara News-Press
“Rags to Riches: Former Goleta resident tells the story of John Mackay and the Comstock Lode in new book” by Brett Leigh Dicks, the Santa Barbara Ne...
The American Scholar excerpts from THE BONANZA KING
John and Louise Mackay at the coronation of Czar Alexander III in Moscow in 1883—an excerpt from THE BONANZA KING published in The American Scholar. To read it,...
Interviewed about THE BONANZA KING by Ted Simons for the PBS program “Arizona Horizon”
Gregory Crouch interviewed about THE BONANZA KING by Ted Simons for "Arizona Horizon," a TV program broadcast by Arizona PBS.
“Irish Echo” interviewed me about THE BONANZA KING, my writing process, and books I’ve loved
"Inspiration is for amateurs," and a few other tidbits of advice for young writers . . .