Gold Fever: One Man’s Adventures on the Trail of the Modern Gold Rush

Gold has entranced us for millennia - many have gone wild in their search for it, risking their lives for the dream of unimaginable wealth. After the Financial Crisis, the price of gold reached peaks never seen in history. All over the world, but particularly in the United States, people with no experience of prospecting began shopping for shovels, pickaxes, gold pans, tents, generators, and all manner of equipment they had no idea how to use. Then off they went mining.

In 2013, Steve Boggan decided he wanted a piece of the action, flying to San Francisco in a quest to understand the allure of the metal and maybe even find some for himself too. Paralleling present-day adventures full of colourful characters with a journey back in time to the original gold rush, Gold Fever is not only a hugely entertaining travelogue, it is also a moving insight into a key period in the creation of modern America.