Quicksilver

RAGSDALE (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

366 Seiten

1984
Texas A & M University Press (Verlag)
9780890961889 (ISBN)

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"This is the fascinating story of Howard E. Perry and his Terlingua fiefdom on the edge of Big Bend National Park. Ragsdale's Quicksilver: Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company is perhaps the best book written on the Big Bend country."--William H. Goetzmann Before Terlingua achieved some notoriety as the site of the annual World Championship Chili Cookoff, the ghost town was the bustling center of the mercury mining industry in the United States. This study, available again in a redesigned paperback edition, examines the company town and its feudal lord, Chicago industrialist Howard E. Perry, who built a hilltop mansion overlooking the dry domain.

Based on many primary sources, Quicksilver is solidly researched and historically sound. Color and authenticity come from the author's interviews with such individuals as Robert Cartledge, who for nearly three decades worked as store clerk, purchasing agent, and finally general manager of the Chisos Mining Company in Terlingua.

Historian KENNETH BAXTER RAGSDALE is the author of The Year America Discovered Texas Centennial '36, published by Texas A&M University Press, as well as several other books and articles in Texas history.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.1.2008
Verlagsort	College Station
Sprache	englisch
Maße	149 x 226 mm
Gewicht	1000 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Bauwesen
Themenwelt	Technik ► Bergbau
ISBN-13	9780890961889 / 9780890961889
Zustand	Neuware