Bodie's Gold: Tall Tales and True History from a California Mining Town

✍ Scribed by Marguerite Sprague

Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Leaves: 264
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This lively history of California's official Gold Rush ghost town includes interviews with former Bodie residents and numerous historic photographs.

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