Author and Sierra Nevada native Gary Noy is returning to the South Lake Tahoe Library to give a talk titled A Tale of Two Icons.

It is about the sad history of two famous California Gold Rush symbols — James Marshall, the discoverer of gold at Coloma in 1848, and Sutter’s Fort, the frontier castle of John Sutter. Noy will examine how the two individuals who had the most to gain from the Gold Rush, Marshall and Sutter, both died in poverty while yearning to regain their previous glory.

Noy is the author of “Sierra Stories: Tales of Dreamers, Schemers, Bigots and Rogues” and is presently writing a book on the “California Gold Rush”, which is scheduled for release in 2016.

There will be a book sale and signing following the free Aug. 12, 6pm talk at the library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd.