Sara Wheeler

The lure of fool’s gold

In a review of Gold Fever by Steve Boggan Sara Wheeler discovers that the search for gold is as addictive as crack cocaine

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issue 11 April 2015

  • Gold Fever: One Man’s Adventures on the Trail of the Gold Rush

    Steve Boggan

    Oneworld, pp. 336

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