Kenneth P. Lizzio's Blog

Forty-Niner is the incredible true story of one man's journey in quest of California gold. J.G. Bruff ably led a company of 65 men across the American frontier, braving Indians, disease, and harsh elements, only to become marooned alone in the mighty High Sierras in the dead of winter. This astonishing tale of tribulation and survival has been largely overlooked by historians but is now told for the first time in all its grandeur. It also includes over 30 of Bruff's quirky pencil drawings of life on the Gold Rush Trail. One of many fascinating stories painted on the palette that is the great American West