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Lingua: inglese
Editore: History Press, 2023
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Paperback. "You get off this property." - Capt. Ellen Jack, 1887Ellen E. Jack backed up her orders with a shotgun as she stood at the entrance to her Black Queen Mine. To profit from the mine, located near Aspen, Colorado, she engaged in many other battles with lawyers and capitalists who tried to wrest her ore away. Mrs. Captain Jack contributed to the myth of the West by crowning herself as the "Mining Queen of the Rockies" as she entertained tourists at her roadhouse near Colorado Springs. Author Jane Bardal offers a captivating biography of a pioneering woman who fashioned a legacy through true tenacity and maybe even a few tall tales. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Codice articolo 9781467153638
- Titolo
- Colorado's Mrs. Captain Ellen Jack (Paperback)
- Autore
- Jane Bardal
- Editore
- History Press
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 2023
- Condizione
- new
- Rilegatura
- Paperback
- Lingua
- inglese
- ISBN 10
- 146715363X
- ISBN 13
- 9781467153638
Ellen E. Jack backed up her orders with a shotgun as she stood at the entrance to her Black Queen Mine. To profit from the mine, located near Aspen, Colorado, she engaged in many other battles with lawyers and capitalists who tried to wrest her ore away. Mrs. Captain Jack contributed to the myth of the West by crowning herself as the "Mining Queen of the Rockies" as she entertained tourists at her roadhouse near Colorado Springs. Author Jane Bardal offers a captivating biography of a pioneering woman who fashioned a legacy through true tenacity and maybe even a few tall tales.
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