| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257). |
| Summary |
Tongue-Oil Timothy, as unflappable as he is unconscionable, swindles Wasatch Sam in a villainous poker game. Amazed prospectors discover a full-grown silver man deep in a mountain tunnel. Old Pizen, a horse so mean that he was almost poison to himself, is wagered by his own owner in the fight of his life. The travelling stones of Pahranagat, when scattered about the ground, immediately huddle together like eggs in a nest. Highly eccentric but shrewd, itinerant preacher Lorenzo Dow raises the devil. A cheery voiced goblin frog points the way toward the great Comstack silver lode. |
| Contents |
Hoaxes, humor, and practical jokes. A silver man -- Traveling stones of Pahranagat -- Solar armor -- Eyeless fish that live in hot water -- Troubles of John Smith -- Boss snorer -- Torture unutterable -- Tom Collette's bath. |
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History and description. Typical prospector -- Old California prospector -- Tricks of miners -- A superintendent who was fatherly and "smooth" -- Wealth of Washoe -- Old Johnny Ranchero -- Wolf and the wild hogs -- Trailing a lost child. |
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Colorful characterizations. Jones' opinion -- A strange monomania -- Earth never dies -- A dietetic Don Quixote -- Tongue-oil Timothy dead -- A female world-ranger -- Rev. Olympus Jump. |
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Legends and folklore. Lorenzo Dow's miracle -- Death Valley -- A goblin frog -- Elam Storm -- Peter Crow among the witches. |
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Stories. Fighting horse of the Stanislaus -- Marier's room -- Bendix Biargo and his three sisters -- Seven Nimrods of the Sierras -- Eagles' nest -- An Indian story of the Sierra Madre. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Western stories.
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Western stories. |
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West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Berkove, Lawrence I., 1930-2018.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections. 1990 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89106318
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| Other Form: |
Print version: De Quille, Dan, 1829-1898. Selections. 1990. Fighting horse of the Stanislaus. 1st ed. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1990 0877452830 (DLC) 90010751 (OCoLC)21079150 |
| ISBN |
1587290138 (electronic book) |
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9781587290138 (electronic book) |
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0877452830 |
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0877452997 (paperback) |
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9780877452836 |
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9780877452997 (paperback) |
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