Lew Osteen is an award-winning writer known for his painstaking research in the writing of novels based on historical events. In researching The Joshua Trail Trilogy, he spent years in the California gold country, joined historical preservation groups and reviewed countless documents relating to the gold rush era. As a result, The Joshua Trail Trilogy is not only a riveting action narrative, but a story that will take the reader on a journey of discovery through one of the most turbulent and entertaining times in American history