A Beautiful Mine Women Prospectors of the Old West |
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Author:
| Enss, Chris |
Series title: | Lyons Press Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7627-4372-8 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2008 |
Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $26.99 |
Book Description:
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During the gold rush, women worked alongside men panning and digging for gold and silver in the mountains of Colorado, California, and all the way up to Alaska. While many books have been written about the frontier women who ran brothels and boarding houses in mining towns, none have told the true stories of ladies who labored as hard as men out ......
During the gold rush, women worked alongside men panning and digging for gold and silver in the mountains of Colorado, California, and all the way up to Alaska. While many books have been written about the frontier women who ran brothels and boarding houses in mining towns, none have told the true stories of ladies who labored as hard as men out ......