Light spot on title. First edition. No dustjacket. Contains: Foreword; The Beaver Hat; Montgomery Street; Mother Lode; Riding Pony; The Saga of C Street; Silver Suite; Vignettes of Violence; Affairs of the Nabobs; Such as a King Should Build; The Last Bonanza; The Last Roundup; Chronology; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index. The story of the gold camps and boom towns of California and Nevada. 320 pages with photographs, illustrations, and maps.