Quicksilver Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company de Ragsdale, Kenneth Baxter - 1976

Texas A&M University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Texas A&M University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

327 pages. 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. Quicksilver tells the story of 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, this solidly researched and historically sound book tells of profit, power, and loss; of U.S. Army protection from the effects of revolution south of the border; of Depression-era maneuverings and labor unrest; and of a region that holds growing fascination for thousands of visitors each year. 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

College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1976. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Notable for its condition, quite nice. Price clipped jacket, spine minutely sunned. Scant page edge soil.

The Texas A & M University Press, College Station.. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1976. First edition. hardcover with dustjacket. 0890960135 . No names or markings. Forward by Joe B. Frantz. The book is fine condition. The dustjacket has some silverfish damage and missing piece at the bottom of the spine and the back corner edge giving it good condition. ; Standard Book Size; 327 pages .

Texas A & M University Press. Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1976. First ed. Hardcover. 0890960135 . "dean's office" stamp several places; 9.2 X 6.2 X 1.4 inches; 327 pages .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Texas A&M University Press. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!