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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book would be wonderful if I were writing a research paper. However, I just wanted to find out the 'true' stories of my favorite characters from the HBO show. I didn't finish it, as it went into impressive (but tedious, if that's not what you're looking for) detail of how to mine gold and claim land for prospecting. Wasn't a bad book at all, just not what I was looking for. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Deadwood, South Dakota, has been a source of American legend for over one hundred years. European exploration, Indian wars, gold booms and busts, presidential visits, frontier shootouts, and the natural beauty of the surrounding Black Hills have all captured the imagination of Americans and foreigners. Deadwood: The Golden Years recreates the town that assimilated all that its geography, gold, natural disasters, and the extremes of human behavior could throw in its way. Deadwood was a microcosm of the American frontier and the gold rush town. This history of Deadwood emphasizes its most volatile period, 1875-1925, with careful scrutiny of before and after. The author, a western historian and foremost raconteur, carefully separates legend from fact and presents them both: the spirit of Deadwood was real. Witty and sympathetic understanding born of a lifetime in the Black Hills and acquaintance with many of the characters who traipse through the pages give this book a comprehensiveness rarely found. It is a lively, reliable, and sometimes irreverent narrative of Deadwood--the next best thing to having lived there for the last century. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)978.391History and Geography North America Western U.S. South DakotaLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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