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GOLD RUSHES AND MINING CAMPS OF THE EARLY AMERICAN WEST
by Fisher, Vardis and Opal Laurel Holmes
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 087004043X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870040436
- Seller
-
Creswell, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers , 1979. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 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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- Bookseller
- The Sensible Magpie
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73993
- Title
- GOLD RUSHES AND MINING CAMPS OF THE EARLY AMERICAN WEST
- Author
- Fisher, Vardis and Opal Laurel Holmes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- ISBN 10
- 087004043X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870040436
- Publisher
- Caxton Printers
- Place of Publication
- Caldwell, ID
- Date Published
- 1979
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Orders will be filled and shipped out on as soon as they are processed, within two days of accepting order, generally. If you have need of quicker delivery, please call directly: (541) 942-6479, between 8am and 8pm, Pacific Standard Time.
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