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9780520063563

Death Valley and the Amargosa

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520063563

  • ISBN10:

    0520063562

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1988-01-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr
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Summary

Traces the history of Death Valley, tells the stories of its explorers, prospectors, and con men, and discusses the geography and development of the valley

Table of Contents

Preface vii
A Land of Illusion
1(22)
A Land of Extremes
3(4)
A Name on the Land
7(5)
Death in the Valley
12(4)
The People
16(7)
More Lost Than Found
23(76)
Los Chaguanosos
25(7)
The Trail to Gold
32(7)
``Into the Jaws of Hell''
39(13)
A Hard Lesson
52(7)
Gunsight Silver and the Wonderful Bailey Ore
59(10)
Alvord and Breyfogle
69(11)
Camels, Frauds, and Lost Guides
80(19)
The Pocket Miners
99(88)
Tom Shaw's Country
101(12)
Panamint---The Wonder of the World
113(22)
The Education of Jonas Osborne
135(8)
On the New York Exchange
143(19)
``Starving to Death on a Government Claim''
162(11)
Borax Bonanza
173(14)
Gold and Gas
187(190)
The Montgomery Brothers
189(14)
Bullfrog!
203(39)
Mysterious Scott
242(33)
Heart of Gold
275(35)
A Copper Frenzy
310(28)
Resurrection
338(22)
Facts, Fantasies, and Flivvers
360(17)
Salt and Scenery
377(94)
The Salt of the Earth
379(18)
Mostly Mud and Rock
397(15)
The Hangers-on
412(9)
The Last Hurrah
421(20)
A Nice Place to Visit
441(30)
Notes 471(110)
Bibliography 581(58)
Index 639

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