Squatter’s Gold: Book 1: Sam White Homeless Mysteries

Squatter’s Gold is a novel with a prologue of historic fiction about Sacramento, the California gold rush, hidden gold and the Squatter’s Riots of 1850. Fast forward to Sacramento in the year 2002: A crime mystery of murder, gangs and found treasure; A story of colorful homeless campers and their personal struggles; The politics of homelessness and advocates at an interfaith center; Protest, justice and redemption. The cast of haunted, but at times funny, hero’s and villains and scenes of charity, murder, drug use, recovery and civil disobedience are inspired by actual events drawn from the author’s thirty-five years of experience as a street activist, social worker and creator of homeless programs in Sacramento, California. Squatter’s Gold a compelling, vivid read whose underlying consideration of social issues will linger in the mind as much as its story of a struggle for gold and new opportunities - Midwest Book Review