Deadwood : gold, guns, and greed in the American West / Peter Cozzens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cozzens, Peter, 1957- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota--Deadwood.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Deadwood (S.D.)--History--19th century.

Deadwood (S.D.).

West (U.S.)--19th century--History.

West (U.S.).

Physical Description:

xix, 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.

Summary:

"Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West is the first book dedicated the story of early Deadwood. It also probes timeless subjects such as race and sex, crime and punishment, religion and recreation, and everyday life in a manner that will immerse readers in the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of the frontier West"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of maps

Prologue

Part I: Visions of Deadwood (ca. 1770-April 1876). Pahá Sápa ; The new El Dorado ; No sale ; Gold in the gulch

Part II: A town built on gold (Mary 1876-February 1877). Centennial town ; Lies and legends ; "Take that, damn you" ; Lakota autumn ; The Montana touch ; The day of jubilee ; A hard winter

Part III: A tumultuous adolescence (March-December 1877). Autocrats and tenderfeet ; Deadwood's Chinatown ; The brigands of the Black Hills ; The most diabolical town on Earth ; San Francisco capitalists and soiled doves ; Reckonings

Part IV: From adolescence to ashes (January 1878-September 1879). Coming of age ; The treasure coach ; A solid country ; The great water fight ; Black Friday

Epilogue.

Notes:

"A Borzoi book." -- title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-396) and index.

ISBN:

9780593537855

0593537858

OCLC:

1478325514

Publisher Number:

90102357491