“California’s Gold Rush began in the late 1840s. Through the 1950s, the lesser known defense industry rush went into full force. The Winged and Garlanded Nike is a novel linking the two rushes in their financial impacts from the money flowing out and into California. Scott takes a hard critical look at the defense era in its heydays of 1955 and its aftermath thirty years later in 1986, with thought-provoking narratives and parody on the eras. Deftly written, the novel is highly recommened for community library collections dedicated to literary fiction.”