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Author Manno, Silvio, 1954- author.

Title Charcoal and blood : Italian immigrants in Eureka, Nevada, and the Fish Creek Massacre / Silvio Manno.

Publication Info. Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages).
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Series Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history
Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-263) and index.
Contents Italian emigration and the American frontier -- Early Italians in Eureka, Nevada -- The arrival of the Italian charcoal burners -- The Eureka Charcoal Burners Protective Association (CBPA) -- The charcoal crisis -- Escalation of the charcoal troubles -- The deployment of the militia -- Veritas' denunciations -- The Fish Creek shooting -- The coroner's inquest -- The trial of the charcoal burners -- Italian diplomacy -- Grand jury decision -- Conclusion -- Afterword.
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Subject Immigrants -- Nevada -- Eureka County -- History -- 19th century.
Immigrants.
Nevada -- Eureka County.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Italians -- Nevada -- Eureka County -- History -- 19th century.
Italians.
Massacres -- Nevada -- Eureka County.
Massacres.
Strikes and lockouts -- Nevada -- Eureka County -- Charcoal industry.
Charcoal industry -- Nevada -- Eureka County -- History -- 19th century.
Charcoal burners -- Nevada -- Eureka County -- History -- 19th century.
Strikes and lockouts.
Italian Americans -- Nevada -- Eureka County -- History -- 19th century.
Italian Americans.
Charcoal industry.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
Charcoal burners.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Manno, Silvio, 1954- Charcoal and blood. Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, [2016] (DLC) 2015046482
ISBN 9781943859122
1943859124
9781943859009 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1943859000