RaveThe Historical Novel SocietyThis work of nonfiction tells a complicated story about political, financial, and legal machinations, fleshing out larger-than-life major characters such as McKenzie and Gatling gun-toting William H. Metson as well as \'foreigners\' from Norway, Sweden, and Lapland who were first to find gold and the men who panned for the mineral in the \'poor man’s paradise on beach sands and believed their labor was free from the bosses of industry ... The book reveals the rough-and-tumble pioneer life of hastily built Nome and the twists and turns of a young American legal system as it stakes out the rule of law. Well-researched and entertaining, A Most Wicked Conspiracy is an impressive accomplishment.
