Details
- Object ID
Clapp, Nicholas, author.
- Title
To dance with the devil Virginia City / by Nicholas Clapp.
- Other Title
American Progress (reproduction)
- Description
xv, 199 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 23 x 26 cm.
- Category
Books and Serials
- Subject
Gold mines and mining--Nevada--Virginia City.
Virginia City (Nev.)--History--19th century.
Virginia City (Nev.)--Biography.
- Note
Includes collection reproduction from Autry Museum of the American West (page 175: 92.126.1)
Includes bibliographical references (page 195) and index.
Prologue: Devil’s gate -- Fools of fortune -- Ho, for Washoe! -- Josh & Julia -- The honest miner -- Dreamers & schemers -- Amusements -- Kids -- The big bonanza -- The International Hotel -- Epilogue: Dame fortune.
- Call Number
F 849 .V8 C58 2015
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