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20%OFFSteve Boggan - Gold Fever: One Man´s Adventures on the Trail of the Modern Gold Rush - 9781780748603 - V9781780748603
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Gold Fever: One Man´s Adventures on the Trail of the Modern Gold Rush

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Description for Gold Fever: One Man´s Adventures on the Trail of the Modern Gold Rush Paperback. Acclaimed journalist Steve Boggan goes in search of precious metal Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; TTU; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 314.

Have you ever imagined giving up your day job and heading for the hills in search of gold? Journalist Steve Boggan decided to do just that when the price of the precious metal scaled dizzying heights in the wake of the global financial crisis.

Clueless, and with neither equipment nor experience, Boggan flew to California and followed in the footsteps of the '49ers', miners who fuelled the original Gold Rush of 1849. Along the way, terrified of bears, bubonic plague and rattlesnakes, he met a cast of colourful characters, including a former Navy Seal who risked his life every ... Read more

In charming and witty prose, gold-fevered Boggan recaptures the excitement, the hopes and disappointments of the hunt, going beyond the story of modern prospectors to give a moving insight into the birth of modern America.

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Product Details

Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780748603
SKU
V9781780748603
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
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About Steve Boggan
Steve Boggan has been a journalist for more than thirty years. A former Chief Reporter with The Independent, he has also written extensively for The Times, The Guardian, The London Evening Standard and the Daily Mail. His first book was Follow the Money: A Month in the Life of a Ten-Dollar Bill. He lives in London.

Reviews for Gold Fever: One Man´s Adventures on the Trail of the Modern Gold Rush
'Entertaining, informative and interesting…Carefully researched, funny and inspiring'.
The Sun
'Among his fellow miners [Boggan] found acceptance, comradeship and a wealth of personal stories, many tragic but most concealing a golden glimmer of hope beneath the sadness'.
Daily Mail
'A really fascinating, and funny, cautionary tale of the unexpected allure of lives spent in search of ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Gold Fever: One Man´s Adventures on the Trail of the Modern Gold Rush


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