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66) Silver showdown
Author
Series
Trailsman volume 337
Pub. Date
2009
Description
"When Fargo hits the little desert town of Las Vegas, he knows that the nearby silver strikes are filling the town with opportunities of every shape, size, and price. But when he signs on with an old frontier buddy to guard shipments from the mines to the town, he gets pulled into a fight not just against bandits, but against a vendetta-packing family out to end the Trailsman's lucky streak for good."--p. [4] of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
In the captivating true story of the Comstock Lode, Drabelle skillfully brings to life the exploration of the large vein of silver in the northwestern U.S. that sparked the Silver Rush from 1859-1882. "Mile-High Fever" brings to light one of the least-known episodes in American history.
Author
Pub. Date
©1995
Description
In 1879, Baby Doe moves to Colorado, the first woman to work in a silver mine. She dumps her husband and has magnate Horace Tabor divorce his wife. The wedding is attended by a U.S. president, they flaunt their wealth, after which it's downhill, Tabor dying in 1899, leaving Baby with a worthless mine and hobos for company. By the author of Peter Doyle.
78) Silver mountains
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
"True love is not made of gold -- or silver. The estranged Burke siblings each receive one piece of a crude map to their father's Nevada silver mine. When they each feel entitled to the full inheritance, though, how will there ever be peace? Eldest son Derek Burke believes he should have full ownership of his father's mine and tries to steal the rest of the map from his siblings. But will a chance encounter in the Nevada wilds with widow Penny Crawder...