GOLD RUSHES AND MINING CAMPS OF THE EARLY AMERICAN WEST Fisher & Holmes 1970 hcd

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GOLD RUSHES AND MINING CAMPS OF THE EARLY AMERICAN WEST Fisher & Holmes 1970 hcd:
$25.95

GOLD RUSHES AND MINING CAMPS OF THE EARLY AMERICAN WEST -By Vardis Fisher and Opal Laurel Holmes -\"The book is divided into four parts, and its substance and scope are suggested by the chapter titles. 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, Lodging; Camp Culture; Entertainment; Girls of the Line; Sorts; 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: Rags to Riches and Riches to Rags; Display of Wealth; Four Adventuresses; Brave Men and Cowards; Duels; Feuds; Hoaxes; Tall Tales and Lost Treasures.\" -Copyright 1968, third printing 1970, cover price is $17.95, published by The Caxton Printers, Ltd.