| Cripple Creek Days Contributor(s): Lee, Mabel Barbee (Author), Thomas, Lowell (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0803279124 ISBN-13: 9780803279124 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1984 Annotation: 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.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - West - Mountain (az, Co, Id, Mt, Nm, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 84005204 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.29" W x 8.01" (0.70 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains - Geographic Orientation - Colorado - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |