Gregory Crouch

The Bonanza King

John MacKay and the Battle Over the Greatest Riches in the American West

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Produktbeschreibung

Traces the rags-to-riches frontier story of Irish immigrant John Mackay, describing how in mid-nineteenth-century Nevada he outmaneuvered the pernicious "Bank Ring" monopoly and thousands of rivals to take control of the history-making Comstock Lode.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scribner Book Company
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9781501108198
• ISBN-10: 1501108190
• Artikelnr.: 46979530

Autorenporträt

Gregory Crouch grew up in Goleta, California, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, with a military history field of study. He completed US Army Airborne and Ranger schools and served as an infantry officer. For five years, he was a senior contributing editor at Climbing, where he focused on writing personality profiles of famous climbers. The author of The Bonanza King, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.