The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle over the Greatest Riches in the American West by Gregory Crouch

The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle over the Greatest Riches in the American West

Gregory Crouch

480 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
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“A monumentally researched biography of one of the nineteenth century’s wealthiest self-made Americans…Well-written and worthwhile” (The Wall Street Journal) it’s the rags-to-riches frontier tale of an Irish immigrant who outwits, outworks, and ou...

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