The Curse of Chief Tenaya

Inspired by campfire tales told by a high Sierra cowboy and the stirring facts of the California Gold Rush, author Craig Carrozzi has created The Curse of Chief Tenaya--a historical novel of gripping content.

It is 1891 in Northern California, the western frontier has only recently closed and the "Gilded Age" of "Robber Barons" is in full swing. Colorful personalities such as the acerbic newspaper columnist Ambrose Bierce, the young "Oyster Pirate" Jack London, and the great naturalist John Muir, work, play, and create their legends in this time and place. Among them, Jeremiah Ignatius McElroy, a legendary survivor of California Gold Rush days but now an aging bounty hunter turned tour guide, waits for life to play out its string.

Offered a rich commission to kill a predatory grizzly bear, Jeremiah sets off on a fantastic journey, from the waterfront saloons of Jack London's Oakland to the lost Hetch Hetchy of the Sierra Nevadas and a final reckoning with a true Indian curse.