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FEMMES FATALES, GAMBLERS, YANKEES AND REBELS
IN THE GOLD FIELDS [1859-1869]
REAL PEOPLE, TRUE STORIES
HISTORICALLY ACCURATE AND FUN TO READ
(They're written like novels with dialogue based on journals, diaries and newspapers)
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FEMMES FATALES, GAMBLERS, YANKEES AND REBELS IN THE GOLD FIELDS [1859-1869]
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHRONOLOGY
Chapter Page
Prologue - Golden Odyssey Begins |
1859 To 1869 |
1 |
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1 |
Tormented Wedding |
Fall 1859 |
4 |
2 |
The Pikes Peak Gold Rush |
Mid 1859 |
7 |
3 |
Must Our Baby Starve? |
Mid To Late 1859 |
13 |
4 |
Struggle In The Devil Sierras |
Fall 1859 |
16 |
5 |
The Incandescence Of Treason |
Fall 1859 |
20 |
6 |
The Comstock's Wailing Winds |
Winter 1859 To 1860 |
24 |
7 |
Jack Slade's Welcome To Julesburg |
Early 1860 |
27 |
8 |
Denver's Infamous Turkey War |
Early 1860 |
30 |
9 |
Julesburg's Second Resurrection |
Summer 1860 |
35 |
10 |
The Forces Of Darkness In Denver |
Summer 1860 |
39 |
11 |
Motherhood In The Mountains |
Fall 1860 |
43 |
12 |
Bon Voyage Virginia City |
Fall To Winter 1860 |
47 |
13 |
A Final Adieu |
Early 1861 |
51 |
14 |
Civil War In St. Louis |
May 10, 1861 |
54 |
15 |
Colorado's Odd Warfare |
Spring 1861 |
58 |
16 |
Comstock Madness |
Summer 1861 |
63 |
17 |
The Shadow Of Death |
Mid 1861 |
67 |
18 |
Battle Of Bull Run |
Summer 1861 |
72 |
19 |
Denver's Civil War |
Summer 1861 |
78 |
20 |
Pinkerton And The Lady |
Summer 1861 |
81 |
21 |
San Quentin's Legacy |
Fall 1861 |
84 |
22 |
Laura Fair, Phoenix |
Fall 1861 To Spring 1862 |
87 |
23 |
Rebels Move On Colorado |
Early 1862 |
91 |
24 |
Together For Eternity |
Early 1862 |
95 |
25 |
Three Faces Of Treason |
Early To Mid 1862 |
99 |
26 |
Passion And Poker In Idaho |
Mid 1862 |
104 |
27 |
Cupid's Comstock Attack |
Fall 1862 |
108 |
28 |
Love And Death In The Northwest |
Late 1862 |
112 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHRONOLOGY
Chapter Page
29 |
Rebel Raid On Florence |
Late 1862 |
116 |
30 |
Holly Springs Debacle |
Late 1862 |
119 |
31 |
The Man, The Maniac |
Late 1862 |
123 |
32 |
Deceiving The Deceivers |
Late 1862 |
127 |
33 |
Feud in Florence, Idaho |
January 1863 |
130 |
34 |
Idaho City's Fated Lovers |
Spring 1863 |
133 |
35 |
Back To Vicksburg |
Mid 1863 |
136 |
36 |
Missouri Renegades |
Mid 1863 |
140 |
37 |
Love And Money In Montana |
Mid 1863 |
144 |
38 |
Blockade Runner |
Fall 1863 |
150 |
39 |
Bankrolling Boise |
Late 1863 |
153 |
40 |
Comstock Connection |
Late 1863 To Early 1864 |
156 |
41 |
Montana Vigilante Spree |
Late 1863 To Early 1864 |
160 |
42 |
Slade's Last Drink |
Late 1863 To Spring 1864 |
166 |
43 |
Comstock Communion |
Spring To Mid 1864 |
171 |
44 |
Girls Upstairs In Bannack |
Spring To Mid 1864 |
174 |
45 |
Narrow Escapes |
Spring To Mid 1864 |
178 |
46 |
Denver's Unseen Irregulars |
Mid 1864 |
182 |
47 |
Catastrophes In Colorado |
Mid 1864 |
186 |
48 |
Intensity Of Hate |
Fall 1864 |
191 |
49 |
Vengeance Is Mine |
Fall To Late 1864 |
195 |
50 |
Daring Dinner For Four |
Late 1864 |
199 |
51 |
Comstock Women |
Late 1864 To Early 1865 |
203 |
52 |
Hard Times In Richmond |
Spring 1865 |
207 |
53 |
Symbolic Events |
Spring 1865 |
210 |
54 |
Civil War Winds Down |
Early To Spring 1865 |
216 |
55 |
Missouri's Rebirth |
Mid To Fall 1865 |
220 |
56 |
Warrior Reviled |
Mid 1865 |
223 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHRONOLOGY
Chapter Page
57 |
Shattered Promises |
Mid To Late 1865 |
228 |
58 |
Comstock Conundrum |
Early 1866 |
232 |
59 |
True Tails And Cattails |
Mid 1866 |
235 |
60 |
Tumult In The West |
Mid To Late 1866 |
240 |
61 |
Tragedy In Virginia City |
Early To Mid 1867 |
244 |
62 |
Crucible of Kansas |
Mid To Late 1867 |
249 |
63 |
Madame Moustache |
Mid To Late 1867 |
254 |
64 |
Tropical Swirl |
Mid To Late 1867 |
258 |
65 |
Too Dead To Bury |
Early 1868 |
262 |
66 |
Madame And The Indians |
Early 1868 |
266 |
67 |
Comstock Murderer Hangs |
Spring 1868 |
271 |
68 |
Leadership Prevails |
Mid To Late 1868 |
274 |
69 |
Comstock Conflagration |
Early To Mid 1869 |
279 |
70 |
Midnight Blackjack |
Early To Mid 1869 |
283 |
71 |
Esteemed Achievements |
Early To Mid 1869 |
286 |
72 |
The Recasting Of America |
Spring To Fall 1869 |
289 |
73 |
Where The Winds Were Born |
Fall 1869 |
293 |
74 |
Agonizing Betrayal |
Fall 1869 |
297 |
75 |
Madame Vanishes |
Fall 1869 |
301 |
76 |
Unchivalrous Joust |
Fall 1869 |
304 |
Epilogue - Of Myths And Legends |
1859 To 1869+ |
308 |
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Acknowledgment |
313 |
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Bibliography -- With Research Notes |
315 |
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Index of 547 Real People, 32 States |
324 |
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List of 123 Illustrations |
332 |
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Catalog of Maps & 10 pages of Maps |
336 |
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About The Authors Other Titles By These Authors Ordering Information |
347 349 351 |
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