Author

Publication

1986 - University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada

Language

English

Word Count

58,750 words, Guess

Page Count

235 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100874171091
  • ISBN-139780874171099
  • LibraryThing3106110
  • Goodreads560552
  • Library of Congress Control Number86007101
and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC979.3/33
  • LCCF849.A9 L4 1986

Description

"Austin, Nevada, was the town, a boom-and-bust mining camp of the 1860's that ran prodigally through its wealth and then withered away. The celebrated Reese River Reveille was it paper, an uninhibited, wide-ranging jester that kept the town laughing--even as it died. This is the story of Austin and of the Reveille--an uproarious, intimate picture of the men and the manners, the hey-day and the decline, of a typical frontier boom town."--Book jacket.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryAustin (Nev.) -- HistoryAustin Nev Reese River reveilleReese River reveile, Austin, NevReese River reveille (Austin, Nev.)Reese River reveille (Austin, Nev.) -- History

Places

Austin (Nev.)

Series Statement

  • A Vintage West reprint

Other Editions

  • The town that died laughingUniversity of Nevada Press1986

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