'Entertaining, informative and interesting…Carefully researched, funny and inspiring'.

– The Sun

'Among his fellow miners [Boggan] found acceptance, comradeship and a wealth of personal stories, many tragic but most concealing a golden glimmer of hope beneath the sadness'.

– Daily Mail

'A really fascinating, and funny, cautionary tale of the unexpected allure of lives spent in search of "the colour"'.

– World Travel Guide

‘The expectation of the prospecting, the excitement of the panning, the thrill of the find… conveys powerfully the extent to which gold transformed America… moving’

– Daily Telegraph

‘A lively narrative history… Boggan is a hugely likeable companion… this book is a romp’

– Spectator

‘[Boggan] has a wonderful time, respectful of men prepared to give up everything in return for very little, but roguish enough to drop the wink on their ornery, old-fashioned optimism’

– Saga

'A perfect mixture of travelogue, history and down and dirty experience, leavened by rich veins of humour and pathos. A gem, or should I say a nugget.'

– Mick Conefrey – author of Everest 1953

'Terrific. Pack your bag, grab your pick, and set out with master storyteller, Steve Boggan, for a trip in this highly original travelogue.'

– Daniel Klein – Sunday Times bestselling author of Travels with Epicurus

‘Gold Fever is a wonderful mix of history, journalism and good old-fashioned adventure. It is this last aspect that really lends the book a unique appeal; Boggan is not afraid to get his hands dirty, and he shares his experiences and findings with great depth, humour and charisma.'

– Leon McCarron, author of The Road Headed West: A Cycling Journey Through North America

‘A well-crafted story with heady fast-forward momentum. A dogged investigator’s obsessive quest for Californian gold, and the backstory of the gold fields.'

– Iain Sinclair, author of London Orbital

‘Boggan does a good job relating this story’

– Independent

"Steve Boggan takes the reader on an exciting adventure and proves that prospecting is as much about digging for humor and hope as it is finding gold."

– Jennifer Pharr Davis, author of Becoming Odyssa: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail