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The Saloon on the Rock Mountain Mining Frontier

by Elliott West
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Synopsis

Refutes the images of the barroom perpetuated in Western films and stories by examining the nature and social and economic synificance of the saloon in the mining camps

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Book Details

Published
October 1, 1979
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pages
199
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780803247048

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