Check out this new review:
Washington Times
October 29, 2010
“Any illusions about the glamour of digging for gold are totally shattered by Mary Volmer's "Crown of Dust," a grim and carefully researched book about the California gold rush….Volmer, in her remarkable first novel, has re-created the reality of an era that few can even visualize now.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/29/book-review-hypothermia/print/