Quicksilver: Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company de Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale - January 1984

Texas A & M University Press, 1976. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Softcover; this is NOT ex-library; in very good condition. .

College Station, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas A & M Univ Pr, 1995. Third Printing . Wraps. Near Fine. Soft cover, very clean, tight and bright.

College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1976. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. About Fine/Wraps. First Edition, 2nd printing. Trade PB in photo wraps. About Fine in lightly soiled wraps, else Fine and unmarked. xvii, 327pp inc. Appendix A-C, Bibliography, Index; illustrated photos, charts. Cover different than stock image.

College Station, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas A & M Univ Pr, 1984. Trade paperback in good condition. Little writing and underlining in side.. Soft cover. Good.

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Paperback / softback. New. "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… Leer más

Texas A&M University Press. paperback. New. 6x0x9.

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