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The rags-to-riches American frontier tale of an Irish immigrant who outwits, outworks, and outmaneuvers thousands of rivals to take control of Nevada's Comstock Lode--the rich body of gold and silver so immensely valuable that it changed the destiny of the United States. Born in 1831, John W. Mackay was a penniless Irish immigrant who came of age in New York City, went to California during the Gold Rush, and mined without much luck for eight years....
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Call of the cow country -- Cowboy life, good, bad, and plain hell -- The indomitable dude [Otto von Lichtenstein Franc, Pitchfork Ranch, Wyoming] -- The outlaw [Old Joe Wagner] -- Buffalo Bill, the man -- The day the Jarbridge stage was late -- Just tell me where it hurts -- Teenage lion hunters -- Old Spook -- The last shoot-out in Palisade -- Fightin' Larson -- Memoirs of a government trapper -- A part of Will James' life few knew -- A cowboy Thanksgiving...