David Cleary, Anatomy of the Amazon Gold Rush
Good account of Brazilian gold rush of the 1980s with emphasis on social and economic impact.

1990, The Macmillan Press, Basingstoke, England. ISBN No.0-333-51473-4


Pierre Berton, The Golden Trail
The story of the Klondike gold rush of 1896 by one of Canada's best journalists.

Macmillan, Toronto, 1954.


Geoffrey Blainey, The Golden Mile
Well-illustrated book on the famous Golden Mile deposit at Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.

1993, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, ISBN No.1-86373-480-5


J. S. Holliday, The World Rushed In: the California Gold Rush Experience
Remarkable account of the California Gold Rush of 1849 based on the diaries and letters of gold-seeker William Swain.

1983, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1981; Victor Gollancz, London. ISBN No.0-575-03236-7


Joseph Henry Jackson, Anybody's Gold: the Story of California's Mining Towns
Good story on the California gold rush, drawn from contemporary accounts.

1970, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, ISBN No.0-87701-273-3


Susan Lee Johnson, Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush
A fascinating glimpse of the remarkable mix of wealth seekers, men and women, who flocked to California after 1848 to seek their fortune at the diggings or from the diggers.

2000, Norton, London & New York, ISBN No.0393 048 128. Price £19.95 / US$29.95.


W. P. Morrell, The Gold Rushes
Best overall book on gold rushes since the 16th century, including Brazil, Siberia, California, Australia, South Africa and the Yukon.

1968, A. & C. Black, London.


Eric Rosenthal, Gold! Gold! Gold! The Johannesburg Gold Rush
Thorough report on the first decades of gold mining in South Africa.

1970, Collier-Macmillan, London, Johannesburg & New York. Library of Congress Catalogue: 70-7972