
Sierra stories: tales of dreamers, schemers, bigots, and rogues
Frontier and pioneer life, Biography, United States history, Environment, United States travel and geography, Customs and cultures
Human-narrated audio
Summary
The author of Gold Rush Stories shares tales of the larger-than-life characters from the history of the legendary Sierra Nevada mountain range. With its 14,000-foot granite mountains, crystalline lakes, conifer forests, and hidden valleys, the Sierra Nevada has long been… the domain of dreams, attracting the heroic and the delusional, the best of humanity and the worst. Stories abound, and characters emerge so outlandish and outrageous that they must be real. Adult. Some violence