Alas, book reviewers do not swear an oath of truthfulness. Many misuse adjectives such as “classic.” But Bonanzas & Borrascas (Arthur H. Clark Company, $72) by Richard E. Lingenfelter should become a prize winner, if not a best-seller. This modern classic is clearly the definitive history of our West’s mineral rushes: gold, silver and copper. The volumes are separately titled Gold Lust and Silver Sharks, 1848-1884 and Copper Kings and Stock Frenzies, 1885-1918. Lingenfelter explores
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