02585nam 2200625Ia 450 991081451180332120230801224006.01-283-57118-897866138836360-8263-5141-7(CKB)2670000000234215(EBL)1104399(OCoLC)810933458(SSID)ssj0000711115(PQKBManifestationID)11397066(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711115(PQKBWorkID)10682544(PQKB)11097481(MiAaPQ)EBC1104399(MdBmJHUP)muse19770(Au-PeEL)EBL1104399(CaPaEBR)ebr10591111(CaONFJC)MIL388363(EXLCZ)99267000000023421520120419d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClaims and speculations[electronic resource] mining and writing in the Gilded Age /Janet FloydAlbuquerque University of New Mexico Press20121 online resource (197 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8263-5139-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "Hard Places"; 1: Claims and Speculations; 2: Mining and Writing; 3: Knowing the Mines "Interiorly"; 4: The Romance of Mining; 5: Sex Work; 6: "Talking Klondike"; Afterword; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index This study of a broad range of responses to gold and silver mining in the late nineteenth century sets the literary writings of figures such as Mark Twain, Mary Hallock Foote, Bret Harte, and Jack London within the context of writing and representation produced by people involved in the industry: miners and journalists, as well as writers of folklore and song. American literatureHistory and criticismMines and mineral resources in literatureMineralogy in literatureMiners in literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Mines and mineral resources in literature.Mineralogy in literature.Miners in literature.810.9/355Floyd Janet1600156MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814511803321Claims and speculations3928616UNINA