Author: Ernest George Henham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Ponderosa Empire
Author: Stephen Calder
Publisher: Domain
ISBN: 9780553290424
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
While Ben Cartwright crosses paths with San Francisco's waterfront king of crime during a visit there and must fight for his life, Ben's sons are driven from their ranch.
Publisher: Domain
ISBN: 9780553290424
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
While Ben Cartwright crosses paths with San Francisco's waterfront king of crime during a visit there and must fight for his life, Ben's sons are driven from their ranch.
The Book of the American West
Author: Jay Monaghan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : West (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents folklore and legends, heroes and villains, wars and important events in the history of the Old West. Includes also examples of Western art and music.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : West (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents folklore and legends, heroes and villains, wars and important events in the history of the Old West. Includes also examples of Western art and music.
The Bonanza King
Author: Gregory Crouch
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 1501108204
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
“A monumentally researched biography of one of the nineteenth century’s wealthiest self-made Americans…Well-written and worthwhile” (The Wall Street Journal) it’s the rags-to-riches frontier tale of an Irish immigrant who outwits, outworks, and outmaneuvers thousands of rivals to take control of Nevada’s Comstock Lode. Born in 1831, John W. Mackay was a penniless Irish immigrant who came of age in New York City, went to California during the Gold Rush, and mined without much luck for eight years. When he heard of riches found on the other side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1859, Mackay abandoned his claim and walked a hundred miles to the Comstock Lode in Nevada. Over the course of the next dozen years, Mackay worked his way up from nothing, thwarting the pernicious “Bank Ring” monopoly to seize control of the most concentrated cache of precious metals ever found on earth, the legendary “Big Bonanza,” a stupendously rich body of gold and silver ore discovered 1,500 feet beneath the streets of Virginia City, the ultimate Old West boomtown. But for the ore to be worth anything it had to be found, claimed, and successfully extracted, each step requiring enormous risk and the creation of an entirely new industry. Now Gregory Crouch tells Mackay’s amazing story—how he extracted the ore from deep underground and used his vast mining fortune to crush the transatlantic telegraph monopoly of the notorious Jay Gould. “No one does a better job than Crouch when he explores the subject of mining, and no one does a better job than he when he describes the hardscrabble lives of miners” (San Francisco Chronicle). Featuring great period photographs and maps, The Bonanza King is a dazzling tour de force, a riveting history of Virginia City, Nevada, the Comstock Lode, and America itself.
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 1501108204
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
“A monumentally researched biography of one of the nineteenth century’s wealthiest self-made Americans…Well-written and worthwhile” (The Wall Street Journal) it’s the rags-to-riches frontier tale of an Irish immigrant who outwits, outworks, and outmaneuvers thousands of rivals to take control of Nevada’s Comstock Lode. Born in 1831, John W. Mackay was a penniless Irish immigrant who came of age in New York City, went to California during the Gold Rush, and mined without much luck for eight years. When he heard of riches found on the other side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1859, Mackay abandoned his claim and walked a hundred miles to the Comstock Lode in Nevada. Over the course of the next dozen years, Mackay worked his way up from nothing, thwarting the pernicious “Bank Ring” monopoly to seize control of the most concentrated cache of precious metals ever found on earth, the legendary “Big Bonanza,” a stupendously rich body of gold and silver ore discovered 1,500 feet beneath the streets of Virginia City, the ultimate Old West boomtown. But for the ore to be worth anything it had to be found, claimed, and successfully extracted, each step requiring enormous risk and the creation of an entirely new industry. Now Gregory Crouch tells Mackay’s amazing story—how he extracted the ore from deep underground and used his vast mining fortune to crush the transatlantic telegraph monopoly of the notorious Jay Gould. “No one does a better job than Crouch when he explores the subject of mining, and no one does a better job than he when he describes the hardscrabble lives of miners” (San Francisco Chronicle). Featuring great period photographs and maps, The Bonanza King is a dazzling tour de force, a riveting history of Virginia City, Nevada, the Comstock Lode, and America itself.
Silver Bonanza
Author: James U. Blanchard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671502973
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The world-famous "gold bug" now shows readers how to invest safely in silver to build wealth dramatically. The most comprehensive how-to and when-to book on one of the most powerful investment trends of our time.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671502973
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The world-famous "gold bug" now shows readers how to invest safely in silver to build wealth dramatically. The most comprehensive how-to and when-to book on one of the most powerful investment trends of our time.
Book Bonanza
Author: Caroline Plaisted
Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
ISBN: 9781847151629
Category : 1st Badenbridge Brownies (Imaginary organization)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The brilliant Brownies are celebrating World Book Day. Join them as they set about planning a charity book swap.
Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
ISBN: 9781847151629
Category : 1st Badenbridge Brownies (Imaginary organization)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The brilliant Brownies are celebrating World Book Day. Join them as they set about planning a charity book swap.
Ballroom Bonanza
Author: Stephen Harris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780810988439
Category : Alphabet
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Animals from alpacas to zebras gather in Blackpool for the annual dance competition, while the monkeys hide twenty-six musical instruments for which the reader is invited to search in the illustrations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780810988439
Category : Alphabet
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Animals from alpacas to zebras gather in Blackpool for the annual dance competition, while the monkeys hide twenty-six musical instruments for which the reader is invited to search in the illustrations.
History of the Big Bonanza
Author: William Wright
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016168595
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016168595
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Bonanza
Author: Ernest George Henham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Bonanza Girl
Author: Patricia Beatty
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439581738
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Intended as a literary study guide with activities designed for group and individual projects. Includes a book summary, author information, vocabulary builders, comprehension and discussion questions and cross-curricular activites. Some pages are reproducible for classroom use.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439581738
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Intended as a literary study guide with activities designed for group and individual projects. Includes a book summary, author information, vocabulary builders, comprehension and discussion questions and cross-curricular activites. Some pages are reproducible for classroom use.
The Great Bonanza
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description