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/creator De Quille, Dan
Other author Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : A. A. Knopf, 1947.
Description4 pages . [vii]-xli, 439, viii pages, 1 : frontispiece, illustrations (including portraits) plate, map, diagrams ; 25 cm.
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Series[Western Americana, planned in connection with California's centenary celebrations, 1946-50]
Western Americana planned in connection with California's centenary celebrations, 1946-50. ^A648753
General note"First Borzoi edition."
General noteFirst edition, 1876, has title: History of the big bonanza.
General noteIntroduction includes hitherto unpublished letters of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
LCCN 47000970

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Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks TN413.N25 W8 1947 ✔ Available Place Hold