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Wicked Virginia City / Peter B. Mires.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mires, Peter B., author.
- Series:
- Wicked Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--Nevada.
- Crime.
- Virginia City (Nev.)--History.
- Virginia City (Nev.).
- Nevada--Virginia City.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (135 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- Perched on the side of a mountain in the Nevada desert, Virginia City existed for one reason only: to make money.The mining frenzy of the mid-nineteenth century uncovered veins of precious metals that would be expressed in billions today, attracting the enterprising madam Cad Thompson, the charismatic highwayman Nickanora and a plethora of.
- Contents:
- 1. All the News That's (Un)Fit to Print
- 2. Whiskey Mills, Beer Halls and Opium Dens
- 3. Violence and Vigilantes
- 4. Knights of the Green Cloth
- 5. Cyprians and Nymphs of the Pave
- 6. The French Connection
- 7. Stock Swindles
- 8. Crooked Lawyers and Politicians
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4396-7144-3
- OCLC:
- 1202475955
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