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The big bonanza; an authentic account of the discovery, history, and working of the world-renowned Comstock lode of Nevada, including the present condition of the various mines situated thereon, sketches of the most prominent men interested in them, incidents and adventures connected with mining, the Indians, and the country; amusing stories, experiences, anecdotes, etc., etc., and a full exposition of the production of pure silver

Title
The big bonanza; an authentic account of the discovery, history, and working of the world-renowned Comstock lode of Nevada, including the present condition of the various mines situated thereon, sketches of the most prominent men interested in them, incidents and adventures connected with mining, the Indians, and the country; amusing stories, experiences, anecdotes, etc., etc., and a full exposition of the production of pure silver, by Dan De Quille (William Wright) Introduction by Oscar Lewis.
Author
De Quille, Dan, 1829-1898.
Publication
New York, A. A. Knopf, 1947.

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Additional Authors
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Description
4 p. ℓ. [vii]-xli, 439, viii p., 1 ℓ. front., illus. (incl. ports.) pl., map, diagrs.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
[Western Americana, planned in connection with California's centenary celebrations, 1946-50]
Subject
  • Comstock Lode (Nev.)
  • Nevada > Description and travel
Note
  • "First Borzoi edition."
  • First edition, 1876, has title: History of the big bonanza.
  • Introduction includes hitherto unpublished letters of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
Call Number
IXE (Wright, W. Big bonanza)
LCCN
47000970
OCLC
566004
Author
De Quille, Dan, 1829-1898.
Title
The big bonanza; an authentic account of the discovery, history, and working of the world-renowned Comstock lode of Nevada, including the present condition of the various mines situated thereon, sketches of the most prominent men interested in them, incidents and adventures connected with mining, the Indians, and the country; amusing stories, experiences, anecdotes, etc., etc., and a full exposition of the production of pure silver, by Dan De Quille (William Wright) Introduction by Oscar Lewis.
Imprint
New York, A. A. Knopf, 1947.
Series
[Western Americana, planned in connection with California's centenary celebrations, 1946-50]
Added Author
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Research Call Number
IXE (Wright, W. Big bonanza)
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