Man from Mono

Lily Mathieu La Braque

ISBN 10: 0961373016 / ISBN 13: 9780961373016

Published by Nevada Academic Press, USA, 2004

About this Item

Assumed first edition. Moderate edge wear on covers. Otherwise in very good condition.

Seller Inventory # 005907

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Man from Mono
• Publisher: Nevada Academic Press, USA
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0961373016
• ISBN 13: 9780961373016
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • NON-FICTION, GENERAL
  • HISTORY

About this title

Synopsis

A true story written by recognized author of Mono Basin, Lily Mathieu La Braque.

With sadness in his heart, & vengeance on his mind, young Jerome La Braque left the French Pyrennes to hunt the man who had killed his father. Always a gambler, J.B. anted into the pot of fate that would bind him & his descendants to Mono Basin. J.B.'s son, George shares his memoirs describing the plight of early pioneer of the Basin, how they survived & prospered. He was born near the shores of Mono Lake in 1899 & shares the experiences of three quarters of a century, (1885-1993) giving an indepth view of life at Mono Lake & the mining towns of the area. Plus a complete history of how Lee Vining became a town through the efforts of a Swiss immigrant, Christian Mattly.