GOLD RUSHES AND MINING CAMPS OF THE EARLY AMERICAN WEST

Fisher, Vardis and Opal Laurel Holmes

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Language: English

Published by Caxton Printers, Caldwell, ID, 1979

087004043X / 9780870040436

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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
Author
Fisher, Vardis and Opal Laurel Holmes
Publisher
Caxton Printers, Caldwell, ID
Publication year
1979
Condition
Near Fine
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Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
087004043X
ISBN 13
9780870040436
Edition
Fourth Printing.
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