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Race and the wild West : Sarah Bickford, the Montana Vigilantes, and the Tourism of Decline, 1870-1930 / Laura J. Arata.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arata, Laura Joanne, 1984- author.
- Series:
- Race and culture in the American West ; v. 17.
- Race and culture in the American West ; volume 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bickford, Sarah Gammon, 1855-1931.
- Bickford, Sarah Gammon.
- African Americans--Montana--Virginia City--Biography.
- African Americans.
- African American women--Montana--Virginia City--Biography.
- African American women.
- African American pioneers--Montana--Virginia City--Biography.
- African American pioneers.
- African American businesspeople--Montana--Virginia City--Biography.
- African American businesspeople.
- Water utilities--Montana--Virginia City--History.
- Water utilities.
- Race relations.
- Enslaved persons.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- History.
- Virginia City (Mont.)--Biography.
- Virginia City (Mont.).
- Frontier and pioneer life--Montana--Virginia City.
- Enslaved persons--North Carolina--Biography.
- Montana--Race relations.
- Montana.
- Montana--Virginia City.
- North Carolina.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Sarah Bickford, the Montana Vigilantes, and the Tourism of Decline, 1870-1930
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "The biography of Sarah Bickford, born a slave in Tennessee, who became the first African American female public utilities owner of the Virginia City Water Company and spent three decades promoting tourism at a historic building where the Montana Vigilantes lynched five men"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806164977
- 0806164972
- OCLC:
- 1141020162
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