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THE BLACKJACK QUEEN, CUTTHROATS AND
GOOD TIME GIRLS OF THE GOLD RUSH [1849-1859]
REAL PEOPLE, TRUE STORIES
HISTORICALLY ACCURATE AND FUN TO READ
(They're written like novels with dialogue based on journals,
diaries and newspapers)
HISTORY AS IT HAPPENSä IN HIGH ACTION AMERICAN HISTORY BOOKS
THE BLACKJACK QUEEN, CUTTHROATS AND GOOD
TIME
GIRLS OF THE GOLD RUSH [1849-1859] TABLE
OF CONTENTS CHRONOLOGY
Chapter Page
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Three California Maps |
Circa 1850 |
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Before The Stampede Into Madness |
1821-1849 |
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1 |
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Welcome To The Barbary Coast |
California Gold Rush |
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10 |
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1 |
Ladies Just Don't Do That |
Fall 1849 |
11 |
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2 |
The Trumbow House Hotel |
Fall 1849 |
17 |
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3 |
Lady Luck's No Lady |
December 1849 |
23 |
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4 |
The Sea Of Sacramento City |
Late 1849 - Early 1850 |
29 |
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5 |
Blackjack Queen & Tom |
Early 1850 |
33 |
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6 |
Longshoremen's Matinee |
March 1850 |
39 |
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7 |
Gold Cleansed by Southern Blood |
March - April 1850 |
43 |
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8 |
Queen of Nevada [City] |
Spring 1850 |
52 |
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9 |
Bright Beginnings |
Spng - Fall 1850 |
57 |
|
10 |
Every Miner's Sister |
Fall 1850 - Spring 1851 |
61 |
|
11 |
Cauldrons Of San Francisco |
Fall 1850 - Summer 1851 |
65 |
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12 |
Too Loathsome For Words |
Late 1851 |
71 |
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13 |
Tom's Peck Of Dirt |
Summer 1852 |
73 |
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14 |
Gunfight At Weaverville |
Summer 1852 |
77 |
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15 |
Ulysses S. Grant In The West |
Fall 1852 |
81 |
|
16 |
The Madam Wore Bloomers |
November 1852 |
84 |
|
17 |
A Political Favor |
Fall 1852 - Spring 1853 |
88 |
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18 |
Lola Montez, Actress & Courtesan |
May -July 1853 |
90 |
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19 |
Lola & Lotta-Grass Valley |
1853-54 |
98 |
|
20 |
Vacaville's Christmas |
December 1853 |
103 |
|
21 |
Grant's Battle Of The Bottle |
March 1854 |
106 |
|
22 |
Stand Up & Die Like A Man |
1854 |
109 |
|
23 |
Nevada City's Beguiling Butterfly |
July 1854 |
114 |
|
24 |
The Fatal Fall |
Fall 1854 |
121 |
|
25 |
Julia At Angels Camp & Columbia |
Late 1854 |
123 |
|
26 |
The Placerville Revelations |
Early 1855 |
126 |
|
27 |
What's Your Name In The States? |
Spring 1855 |
132 |
|
28 |
Savage Sons Of San Quentin |
1855 |
135 |
|
29 |
Specter Of Respectability |
1855 |
140 |
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30 |
Tyranny Takes Its Toll |
Late 1855 - Early 1856 |
144 |
|
31 |
Trinity Mtn Pack Train Robbery |
Early 1856 |
152 |
|
32 |
Fire And Ice In Nevada City |
July 1856 |
156 |
|
33 |
Lola's Transformation |
Smr - Fall 1856 |
158 |
|
34 |
Marysville Coach Holdup |
Fall 1856 |
160 |
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35 |
Sad Hero, Henry Plummer |
Smr - Fall 1857 |
165 |
|
36 |
Sherman & Grant Commiserate |
Fall 1857 |
168 |
|
37 |
The Fiery Audition |
Late 1857 |
172 |
|
38 |
Rattlesnake Dick Strikes |
1858 |
175 |
|
39 |
Fox And Geese |
Spring 1858 |
179 |
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40 |
Belle Cora's Vile Tigers |
Early 1859 |
183 |
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41 |
Auburn's Night Gunfight |
Summer 1859 |
187 |
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42 |
Quandary in Weaverville |
August 1859 |
190 |
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43 |
The Innocents |
February - August 1859 |
192 |
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44 |
Sherman's Career Carousel |
1858--Aug 1859 |
196 |
|
45 |
First Feminist In New York |
1858 - Fall 1859 |
199 |
|
46 |
Make Me An Offer |
Fall 1859 |
201 |
|
47 |
Grant's Unfinished Letter |
1858 - Fall 1859 |
204 |
|
48 |
Stampede Of The '59ers |
Fall 1859 |
206 |
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Acknowledgment |
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211 |
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Bibliography/Research Notes |
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212 |
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Index Real People & States |
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218 |
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Your Notes |
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225 |
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Dare To Join Us |
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227 |
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Audiobooks By These Authors |
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231 |
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Ordering Information |
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234 |
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Reader Letters .....About Us
Read Chapter 7 GOLD CLEANSED BY SOUTHERN BLOOD
Read Chapter 27 WHAT WAS YOUR NAME IN THE STATES?
Read Chapter 41 AUBURN'S NIGHT GUN FIGHT
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