There are few books specifically on the history of gold and mining in Colorado, none on its current culture and almost none on modern day treasure hunters. Will appeal to Reality TV fans interested in Gold Mining and History. Celebs profiled in the book include: Chad Watkins, gold prospector featured on Discovery Channel's «Ice Cold Gold»; Al Mosch, owner of the Phoenix Gold Mine who appeared on Travel Channel's «Ghost Adventures: Colorado Gold Mine»; and Dr. Richard Goldfarb,...
A collection of true stories revealing the spellbinding world of the Old West’s greatest and most infamous characters past and present, including bullfighters, treasure seekers, bounty hunters, detectives, gunslingers, rustlers, even the legendary showman Buffalo Bill Cody, and many more. Just how wild was the Wild West—and what’s left of it? A time of legend, adventure, and unspeakable tragedy, America’s Western frontier in the latter half of the nineteenth century helped forge the United...