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Mile-high fever : silver mines, boom towns, and high living on the Comstock Lode / Dennis Drabelle.
LIBRA F849.V8 D726 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drabelle, Dennis.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comstock Lode (Nev.).
- Virginia City (Nev.)--History.
- Virginia City (Nev.).
- Silver mines and mining--Nevada--Comstock Lode.
- Silver mines and mining.
- Mines and mineral resources--Nevada--Virginia City--History.
- Mines and mineral resources.
- Nevada--Comstock Lode.
- Nevada--Virginia City.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 282 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- In the captivating true story of the Comstock Lode, Drabelle skillfully brings to life the exploration of the large vein of silver in the northwestern U.S. that sparked the Silver Rush from 1859-1882. "Mile-High Fever" brings to light one of the least-known episodes in American history.
- Contents:
- Perfect monster
- Heavy metal
- Nature of the beast
- Working low, living high
- Capitalists behaving badly
- Pooh-bah effect
- Challengers
- Washoe giants
- Big Borrasca.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-270) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Drabelle, Dennis. Mile-high fever.
- ISBN:
- 9780312379476
- 0312379471
- OCLC:
- 294887375
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