Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West
by Fisher, Vardis and Opal Laurel Holmes
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1968. CG1 - DJ is mylar protected. A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of some light foxing on the outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus it is price clipped. A book in the New History veign that seeks to dispel many of the fraudulent Hollywood myths that have come to be associated with the history of mining in the early American West. This book considers the gold rushes, life in the camps, crime and justice, and the special situations and unique events that came out of this period. Heavily illustrated with black and white photographs. Endnotes, illustrations, indexed, 466p. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SCW08978
- Title
- Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West
- Author
- Fisher, Vardis and Opal Laurel Holmes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Caxton Printers, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Caldwell, Idaho, USA
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Nonfiction Non-fiction History American America United States US USA U.S. U.S.A. Western American History Western Americana Mine Mines Mining Gold Rush Gold Rushes Gold Mine Gold Mines Gold Mining Gold Miner Gold Miners Boom Town Boom Towns Western Fronti
- Bookseller catalogs
- Entertainment; Entertainment / Film Criticism; Entertainment / Film History; History: U.S. / Old West; Movements & Organizations / Cultural History;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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