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Mabel Barbee Lee has written a rousing tale of early days in Cripple Creek, Colorado. She speaks with authority because she arrived there as a child in 1892, and with wide-eyed wonder saw the whole place turn to gold.
With his divining rod, Mabel's father tapped gold ore on Beacon Hill but missed becoming a millionaire by selling his claim short. Nonetheless, life was rich for young Mabel in a booming town with points of interest like Poverty Gulch, the Continental Hotel, and a fantastic house called Finn's Folly; with characters around like the promoter Windy Joe and (seen from a distance) the madam Pearl De Vere; with something always going on, whether a celebration or a disastrous fire or train wreck or a no-nonsense miners' strike.
Mabel Lee's book brings back a time and place with affection. The foreword is by Lowell Thomas, who was her pupil when she was a young schoolmarm in Cripple Creek.
"More entertaining by far than the run of fictional westerns, more authentic, of course, and a great deal more moving."
—W. M. Teller, Saturday Review
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| $99.99 | Digital |
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Federico Garcia
reviewed Cripple Creek Days on August 04, 2013
Cripple Creek Days
Cripple Creek Colorado, if you have not been there I highly suggest it. A beautiful little town that still has a bit of that old mining history remaining. The last time we were there you could still tour the Molly Kathleen mine. Since Colorado has now brought in a different kind of enterprise, limited stakes gaming, there are some pretty nice places to stay such as the Double Eagle. Well enough with the tour guide stuff and on to this book. Originally published in 1958 this one is an oldie, and it shows. The story, as it is written, does need some polish but that is a very minor detail for those wanting the real deal. This woman was there in the very early days when this was just a mining camp and gold fever was all over the hills. She grew up in Cripple Creek while her father attempted to find that always elusive strike. A very neat look back in time at this little town in Colorado, a place I still call home.
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