Into the Face of the Devil by John Rose Putnam

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“John Putnam’s Into the Face of the Devil, gives its readers a wild ride—literally. With his wonderful ear for authentic dialect, vivid descriptions of the land, page-turning action and mouth-watering descriptions of local recipes, he creates a great sense of time and place while offering a thoroughly entertaining tale. In short, Putnam does historical fiction right: he takes his vast knowledge of the Gold Rush era and brings it to life.”