{"product_id":"tombstones-treasure-silver-mines-and-golden-saloons-9780826341761","title":"Tombstone's Treasure: Silver Mines and Golden Saloons","description":"\u003cp\u003eSherry Monahan is an authority on \"the city that wouldn't die\" and its history. In \u003ci\u003eTombstone's Treasure\u003c\/i\u003e, she focuses on the silver mines, one reason for the city's founding, and the saloons, the other reason the city grew so quickly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the discovery of silver at Tombstone first became known in mid-1880, there were about twenty-six saloons and breweries. By July of the following year, the number of saloons in Tombstone had doubled. The most popular saloon games of the time were faro, monte, and poker, with some offering keno, roulette, and twenty-one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonahan shares true tales about Tombstone's mining and gambling history and describes a different time and locale where wealthy businesspeople and rugged miners rubbed elbows at the bar and gambled side by side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is both shocking and enlightening to learn just how sophisticated Tombstone really was when the Earps, Doc Holliday, Johnny Ringo, and Curly Bill strode the boardwalks. Tombstone actually had telephones, ice cream parlors, coffee shops, a bowling alley, and a swimming pool. Wow! It is so contrary to the Hollywood version of the town . . . but it's absolutely true.\"--from the Foreword by Bob Boze Bell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sherry Monahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of New Mexico Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.34w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826341761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonahan, Sherry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sherry Monahan is a member of Women Writing the West, Western Writers of America, and the North Carolina Writer's Network. Her articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eTrue West Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArizona Highways\u003c\/i\u003e. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Wicked West: Boozers, Cruisers, Gamblers, and More\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePikes Peak: Adventurers, Communities and Lifestyles\u003c\/i\u003e. She resides in North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41335674175603,"sku":"9.78083E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7e8d8389-4648-453e-9d75-3a0c87c41cc8.jpg?v=1707327782","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/tombstones-treasure-silver-mines-and-golden-saloons-9780826341761","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}