About the Author

Walter T. Durham, whose family has resided in Middle Tennessee since the early nineteenth century, is the author of numerous books and articles on Tennessee history.

Reviews

Durham's stirring tale is its own reward. Probably the most valuable dimension of it is not about gold at all, but about the Tennesseans who went and stayed to make their mark in California.
--John Egerton, The Tennessean--John Egerton "The Tennessean"