Cripple Creek Author:Douglas Hirt In 1892, the gold fever that sparked the California Gold Rush more than forty years earlier was still sweeping the nation. Boomtowns were popping up all over the West. It is against the backdrop of one such mining town in Colorado that Douglas Hirt presents his epic novel of the struggle to attain the American dream... CRIPPLE CREEK — They came f... more »rom all across America, many of them recent immigrants--all of them in pursuit of the same dream. They came with their mining tools sharpened and their hopes high. Working hard all day in the dangerous mines, they were fired by thoughts of a brighter future. They left their homes and families to find a land of opportunity of their very own. Many paid a high price for following their dreams. They found only hardship in the depths of the mines--and greed and deception in the hearts of others. But for a lucky few, the golden dream became a sparkling reality...
This is the story of the men and women who made the boomtowns their home and their future. It is the story of America itself.« less