Cripple Creek Days by Mabel Barbee Lee
One of the most fascinating accounts of a gold rush town.-Chicago Sunday Tribune 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) the madam Pearl De Vere; with something always going on, whether a celebration or a disastrous fire or train wreck or a no-nonsense miners' strike. Mabel Lee's book brings back a time and place with affection. The foreword is by Lowell Thomas, who was her pupil when she was a young schoolmarm in Cripple Creek.
"One of the most fascinating accounts of a gold rush town"—Chicago Sunday Tribune
"More entertaining by far than the run of fictional westerns, more authentic, of course, and a great deal more moving."—W. M. Teller, Saturday Review
"More entertaining by far than the run of fictional westerns, more authentic, of course, and a great deal more moving."—W. M. Teller, Saturday Review
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803279124 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803279124 |
| Title | Cripple Creek Days |
| Author | Mabel Barbee Lee |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 1984-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 286 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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