Author Name: Caruthers, William, Illustrated by photos
Title: LOAFING ALONG DEATH VALLEY TRAILS a personal narrative of people and places
Publisher: Ontario, CA: Death Valley Publishing Co. cr 1951
Seller ID: 013969
HB. 8vo, 191 pp, ffep, dj large chip 3x4 at btm crnr by spine missing, sm chips missing other crnrs, VG/fair, tan bds w/brn illustration & ltrs, prev owner wrote on, fair Story of man's quest for gold on the deserts of California and Nevad in the mad decade which excited America. It tells of the boom and bust days of overnight riches, of bad men & brave men, of braver pioneer women, of honkies & of harlots w ho, colored the annals of the period, of the great who gained fortune & fame & the humbe who didn't.
CALIFORNIA NEVADA DESERT AMERICAN GOLD PROSPECTORS PIONEER WOMEN GHOST TOWNS MINING AMERICANA PHOTOS
Price =
23.38 USD |
