About this title: Mabel Barbee Lee has written a rousing tale of early days in Cripple Creek, Colorado. She speaks with authority because she arrived there as a child in 1892, and with wide-eyed wonder saw the whole place turn to gold. With his divining rod, Mabel's father tapped gold ore on Beacon Hill but missed becoming a millionaire by selling his claim short. Nonetheless, life was rich for young Mabel in a booming town with points of interest like Poverty Gulch, the Continental Hotel, and a fantastic house called Finn's Folly; with characters around like the promoter Windy Joe and (seen from a distance) ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City New York
Date Published: 1958
Description: Good- in Poor jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Shaken with the half-title page clipped. Jacket has large piece missing with chips and tears. Not price clipped. Stated first edition. Former owner's name on half-title page. read more
Description: Wraps, 8vo, 270 pp. Wrappers handled and edgeworn, nick at heel of spine, spine creased, binding tender; interior unmarked except for previous owner name. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday & Company Inc, Garden City New York
Date Published: 1958
ISBN-13:9780385029698ISBN:0385029691
Description: Near Fine. 5" x 8" 270 Pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Introduction by Lowell Thomas. A nostalgic reminiscence of the last of the great gold rush towns. Pictorial painted front cover of a Cripple Creek gold rush days street scene with a $3.50 cover price. Reading crease and some cover corner and edge wear. Straight tight book with no marks or stamps. A rousing tale of early days in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Mabel Lee arrived there as a child in 1892, and with wide-eyed ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, NY
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very Good in VG-DJ. Book has small corner bumps. Dust jacket has couple of 1/2" chips, edgewear. Daughter of a miner who came to Cripple Creek in 1892 writes about the early days of the town during the gold rush and her growing-up years there. Introduction by newscaster Lowell Thomas who was also from Cripple Creek. Photographs. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Hard Back A Nostalgic Reminiscence of the Last Days of the Great Gold Rush Towns. Introduction by Lowell Thomas. Sixteen Plates of photographic illustrations. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. 270 pages. Very clean and unmarked tan cloth red lettered with design on front and on backstrap. No edgewear, top edge and top edge of rear panel is foxed. Rough cut. Prev owner name of ffep. Pages very ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Co, Garden City, New York
Date Published: 1958
Description: Octavo; 270 pp (plus black & white photo illustrations/plates); Very Good++ in Very Good; dustjacket moderately sunned, nicked edgewear, small spots rear panel, rubbed; else clean tight copy. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1958
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Part of former DJ taped to back of inside cover. Previous owner name on flyfleaf. Front hinge is loose. Tan cover is very clean with red typeface. 270 p. illus. 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. read more
"Mining camps are great places to grow up in. They are not lasting places so there is always a "sad" ending, either they become a ghost town or a tourist town. I, too, grew up in one in the 1950s and it was a great place with wonderful people with great personalities. Modern suburbia so so bland and modern cities are all alike (except NYC). A fun book."
"I'm really enjoying reading these first hand accounts of life about a hundred years ago right here where I live. This one was again about a miners life but from the perspective of the daughter. Very interesting."
"Very interesting account of Cripple Creek's early days, as seen through the eyes of a miner's daughter. These books I always find fascinating; they help me picture what Colorado looked like when it was being settled, particularly in the days of the gold rush, and it is neat to look at a map and visit these places now to see what they are like today."
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