Blaise Cendrars

Gold: Being the Marvellous History of General John Augustus Sutter (1996)

Written simply and straightforwarly, this slim volume tells the rather unbelievable story of a Swiss outlaw, Johann August Suter (who became known as John Augustus Sutter), an unscrupulous but shrewd businessman whose enterprises were ruined when gold was found on his land in California in 1843. ...

L'or (2006)