Man from Mono.
Language: English
Published by Nevada Academic Press, Reno, 1991
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Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, AustraliaLawrence Jones Books
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xi, 196pp, bw ills, map. Or card covers. Very light edge wear and gift notation on 1/2 title page. Signed by author on title page. A memoir of the La Braque family of Mono Basin (Nevada) as told by George La Braque Sr to the author. Covering manily the period 1885-1935. Size: 8vo.
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- Title
- Man from Mono.
- Author
- La Braque, Lily Mathieu
- Publisher
- Nevada Academic Press, Reno
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0961373016
- ISBN 13
- 9780961373016
- Edition
- Fifth Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Americana & Canadiana, Biography
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.
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Lawrence Jones Books
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