Review by Martha Quillen
Historical Fiction – March 2004 – Colorado Central Magazine
Fireweed: A Woman’s Saga in Gold Rush America?
by Carolyn Evans Campbell
Published in 2003
by Georgetown Editions, Evergreen CO
ISBN 0-9631703-7-6
Excerpts from “What Gold Buys: A Silver Rush Mystery”
Autumn 1880 in the Rocky Mountains brings frost, snow and the return of Silver Queen Saloon owner Inez Stannert to Leadville, Colorado, in What Gold Buys, the fifth of Ann Parker’s Silver Rush historical mystery series. In this silver rush boomtown, those who are hungry for material riches seek their fortunes in precious metals while …