Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho Press
Gold fever swept through young America with electrifying swiftness, and seemingly content citizens abandoned their settled lives to travel to the gold fields in the hope of striking it rich. This is the classic work on the gold discoveries at Sutter's Mill, the Comstock Lode, the Klondike and other western gold rushes.
William S. Greever was a professor of history at the University of Idaho from 1949 to 1982, and head of its history department from 1956-1982. Greever did research for the book when he was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1958.