Richard E. Lingenfelter

Richard E. Lingenfelter

Richard E. Lingenfelter was a research physicist with the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of California, San Diego. Among the numerous books he has authored, coauthored, or edited are The Hardrock Miners: A History of the Mining Labor Movement in the American West, 1863-1893 and Death Valley & the Amargosa: A Land of Illusion. He died in March 2021.