Though he was born and died in France actionadventure writer Gustave Aimard was endlessly enamored with the Americas and he journeyed extensively in the United States Mexico and South America over the course of his life In The GoldSeekers Aimard draws on his own time as a miner in nineteenthcentury California and Mexico to spin a pulsepounding tale of luck hard work and tragedy that is rich with fascinating historical details about the period