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VIRGINIA CITY: Secrets of a Western Past.
by James, Ronald M
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in illustrated wrappers.
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
University of Nebraska Press,, (2012). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Using Virgina City, the boomtown Nevada town in the Comstock Lode and once one of the richest places in the country, as a microcosm of the American West, this book shows how archeology can help bring the past to life -From pieces of a Tabasco Pepper Sauce bottle, to shards of a ceramic pot, from reports of local saloons to plans for the cemetery, each of the thousands of artifacts uncovered at a site tells a story. Atitle in the "Historical Archaeology of the American West" series. "Photographs, notes, bibliography. xxii, 143 pp.
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- Seller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 85068
- Title
- VIRGINIA CITY: Secrets of a Western Past.
- Author
- James, Ronald M
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in illustrated wrappers.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press,
- Date Published
- (2012)
- Keywords
- nevada, comstock lode, mining, archeology,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
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