Gold rushes and mining camps of the early American West (Record no. 4781)
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
|---|---|
| International Standard Book Number | 34510 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 978 Fis |
| Item number | 15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 978 Fis |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fisher, Vardis |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Gold rushes and mining camps of the early American West |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Vardis Fisher and Opal L.holmes |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Caxton Printers |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1968 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Caldwell, Idaho |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 466 p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes Index and Bibliography |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Title | Part I. The gold rushes. Fact or fiction: the blend of history and legend ; Gold: what it is and where it is found ; The California gold rush ; The overland journey ; Other gold rushes -- Part II. Life in the camps. The camps and their people ; Transportation ; Food, clothes, and lodging ; Camp culture ; Entertainment ; Girls on the line ; Sports ; Camp angels -- Part III. Crime and justice. Some problems in the camps ; Race prejudice ; Crime and frontier justice ; Frontier judges ; Lawyers, juries, and jails ; The badmen ; The vigilantes -- Part IV. Special characters and situations. Rags to riches and riches to rags ; Display of wealth ; Four adventuresses ; Brave men and cowards ; Duels ; Feuds ; Hoaxes ; Tall tales and lost treasure |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Frontier and pioneer life |
| Geographic subdivision | West (U.S.) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Gold mines and mining |
| Geographic subdivision | West (U.S. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Gold mines and mining. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Relator code | Co-Author |
| Personal name | Holmes, Opal Laurelhttp://172.16.1.139:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=4781#tab9XX |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | 800 - 899 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out | Public note |
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| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | 11.25 | 2 | 978 Fis | 34510 | 2016-09-29 | 2016-09-22 | IN Memory of : Robert B. Smith |