Autorentext

Watson Parker is professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and the author of Gold in the Black Hills and Black Hills Ghost Towns.

Klappentext

The author recreates the town that assimilated all that its geography, gold, natural disasters, and the extremes of human behavior could throw in its way. Deadwood was a microcosm of the American frontier and the gold rush town. This history of Deadwood emphasizes its most volatile period, 1875-1925, with careful scrutiny of before and after.

Zusammenfassung
Deadwood, South Dakota was a microcosm of the American frontier and the gold rush town. Presenting the history of Deadwood, this work emphasizes its most volatile period, 1875-1925. It aims to recreate the town that assimilated all that its geography, gold, natural disasters, and the extremes of human behaviour could throw in its way.