In 2013, Jack Dublin and family traveled to the Grand Canyon for a week of whitewater rafting on the Colorado River. When a monsoon rolled in, forcing them to higher ground, they sheltered in a cave unseen for nearly 150 years. What they found inside—several journals from the time of the Gold Rush—upended mainstream views of North American history, leading one authority to call the journals "the greatest manuscript discovery since the Dead Sea Scrolls."

Jack Dublin is the author of The Lost and Found Journal of a Miner 49er, Vol. 1, a collection of faith-based stories for middle-grade readers.  Growing up, he had little interest in history—much less the 49er Gold Rush—until his love of travel and exploration intersected a contentious debate on the lost history of mankind.  Now, Mr. Dublin lives in parts unknown—under pseudonym—with his beloved bride, their four darling children, and a bearded dragon.