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Gold Dust: Mining Stories from the Old West

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In these seven tales, Dan De Quille, miner-poet of the Utah Territory, follows the exploits of miners, fools and cut-throats. This collection of De Quille's writing from the "Overland Monthly" takes the reader back to the time of gaslight and has them meet a cast of characters who lived on the edge of wilderness. Included in the volume: De Quille's profile of Snow-shoe Thompson, a tale of trekking across the Sierras as winter begins, the comical story of seven friends who end up chasing phantom thieves after a potato-heist goes south, and a long piece on an American setting up a mine in Mexico. Filled with humor and humanity, 'Gold Rush" gives the reader a different look at the people who tamed the Wild West.

Dan De Quille was a miner, newspaper reporter and adventurer who became one of the most trusted voices on mining and the events of Virginia City, Nevada. He was the mentor to a young Mark Twain and the two worked together on the "Territorial Enterprise" newspaper.

Language: English

Pages: 153

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: July 12, 2012

Gold Dust: Mining Stories from the Old West

0/5 ( ratings)

In these seven tales, Dan De Quille, miner-poet of the Utah Territory, follows the exploits of miners, fools and cut-throats. This collection of De Quille's writing from the "Overland Monthly" takes the reader back to the time of gaslight and has them meet a cast of characters who lived on the edge of wilderness. Included in the volume: De Quille's profile of Snow-shoe Thompson, a tale of trekking across the Sierras as winter begins, the comical story of seven friends who end up chasing phantom thieves after a potato-heist goes south, and a long piece on an American setting up a mine in Mexico. Filled with humor and humanity, 'Gold Rush" gives the reader a different look at the people who tamed the Wild West.

Dan De Quille was a miner, newspaper reporter and adventurer who became one of the most trusted voices on mining and the events of Virginia City, Nevada. He was the mentor to a young Mark Twain and the two worked together on the "Territorial Enterprise" newspaper.

Language: English

Pages: 153

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: July 12, 2012

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