smith duane a introduction (8 risultati)

Softcover. Condizione: As New. Here's the story of the success of that bonanza king and his queen, the disastrous fall they took together, and her last years as a poverty-stricken, heartbroken widow.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Later printing. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good++. Bright and attractive trade paperback. Light bumping to fore edge. Nice solid copy.

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Later Edition. ISBN 080328019X. Trade Paperback. Later Printing. Very good to near fine condition. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book except for red remainder stamp on bottom edge of book. Copy 2.

Hard Back. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition Stated. 342 Pages with a Comprehensive Fourteen Page Index. Very attractive book with blue cloth and gold spine lettering.No defects noted to book or dust jacket with the $37.50 price unclipped. Interior text pages are flawless. This is not only a superb history of New Zealand gold mining, but it is also a cracking good account of New Zealand's version of the Wild West. In his scholarly but colorful book, Hutchins tells of the Fossickers and Hatters who panned the streams with their tin dishes in hopes of finding paydirt instead new chum's gold, and of the bushrangers, swagmen, old lags, ticket-of-leave men, and others who populated the camps. This book proves that America does not have the corner on life, lore, and legendss of gold rush days. Contents in 19 Chapters: Golden Dreams of the 19th Century, The New Zealand Model, First Newsworthy Finds in New Zealand, Gold in Gabriel's Gully, Other Rushes of Otago Province, Death on the Track and in the Diggings, The Wild West Coast Rushes, More Gold in Marlborough and Nelson, Meanwhile Back on North Island, The Later Rushes Less Gold More Diversity, Life in the Diggings, Wordays and Weekends From the Profane to the Holy, Growth of the Colony, Law Enforcement Constables Courts and Confinement, Bushrangers and Other Criminals Early Stages, Bushrangers and Other Criminals Climax and Aftermath, Green the Goldfields Fenian Troubles, New Zealand Lawlessness The Ambiguous Conclusion, and National Alchemy. Plus Glossary of Particular and Peculiar Down Under Terms, and Bibliography.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 128 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.31 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. illustrated edition. 450 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!