Lingenfelter, a California scientist, who has authored other books on the history of mining and the West continues the saga chronicled in the companion volume, Bonanzas and Borrascas: Gold Lust and Silver Sharks: 1848-1884. From a stockholder's perspective that is still relevant, he traces the copper frenzy fueled by eastern investors with such familiar names as Hearst, Hoover, and Edison, from its peak to the end of World War I. The extensively- referenced volume includes a map of the mining West in the 1880s and 1890s and other period illustrations. An imprint of the U. of Oklahoma Press. Annotation 2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
