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A kid on the Comstock

by John Taylor Waldorf

This account explores childhood in the mining town of Virginia City during the 1870s Comstock boom. It follows the daily life and local adventures of a miner's son before his eventual departure for a life at sea.

Accession 31448 ISBN 9780874171723 Publisher The Friends of the Bancroft Library
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