Book is divided into four parts: PART I: The Gold Rushes: Fact or Fiction: The Blend of History and Legend; Gold: What It Is and Where It Is Found; The California Gold Rush; The Overland Journey; Other Gold Rushes. PART II: Life in the Camps: The Camps and Their People; Transportation; Food, Clothing, and Lodging; Camp Culture; Entertainment; Girls of the Line; Sports; Camp Angels. PART III: Crime and Justice: Some Problems in the Camps; Race Prejudice; Crime and Frontier Justice; Frontier Judges; Lawyers, Juries, and Jails; Bad Men; The Vigilantes. PART IV: Special Characters and Situations: Rages to Riches and Riches to Rags; Display of Wealth; Four Adventuresses; Brave Men and Cowards; Duels; Feuds; Hoaxes; Tall Tales and Lost Treasures. Contains over 250,000 words of text and illustrated with nearly 300 pictures, many of them photographs. Fourth Printing.

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Title

GOLD RUSHES AND MINING CAMPS OF THE EARLY AMERICAN WEST

Publisher

Caxton Printers, Caldwell, ID

Publication Date

1979

Language

English

ISBN 10

087004043X

ISBN 13

9780870040436

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

Fourth Printing.

Condition

Near Fine

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Near Fine

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Americana

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<div>Vardis Fisher and Opal Laurel Holmes bring together the stories of all of the remarkable men and women and all of the violent contrasts that made up one of the most enthralling chapters in American history. Fisher, a respected scholar and versatile creative writer, devoted three years to the writing of this book.</div>

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<div></div>Vardis Fisher was born in Idaho; wrote most of his 35+ books while in Idaho; and remained an Idahoan his entire career despite going to Chicago and New York to study and teach. A contemporary of Thomas Wolfe and others, Fisher's career has been marked by incredible success and controversy. One of the icons of Western United States literature in the 20th century, he and his work remain an important part of the West's culture and history.

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