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Comstock Lode
Comstock Lode
Author: Louis L'Amour
It was just a godforsaken mountainside, but no place on earth was richer in silver. For a bustling, enterprising America, this was the great bonanza. The dreamers, the restless, the builders, the vultures -- they were lured by the glittering promise of instant riches and survived the brutal hardships of a mining camp to raise a legendary boom to...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780553275612
ISBN-10: 0553275615
Publication Date: 2/1/1982
Pages: 496
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  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 32 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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great reading, have read nearly his books several times over.
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Louis L'Amour - His Biggest Novel of the West
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I thoroughly enjoyed this story set in the bonanza period of silver mining in Virginia City. The characters are well drawn and multi dimensional. A very absorbing read!
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great western...
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published 1981, Bantam reissue Oct 2004.
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Western novels mentioned, L'Amour is one of the first you think of.
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They came to the Comstock. It was just a godforsaken mountainside but no place on earth was richer in silver. For a bustling, enterprising America, this was the great bonanaza. The dreaners,the restless, the builders, the vultures--they were lured by the glitering promise of instant riches and survived the brutal hardships of a mining camp to raise a legendary boom town. But some sought more than wealth. Val, a loner haunted by a violent past. Grita a radiantly beautiful actess driven by an unfulfilled need. Two fiercely independent spirits, together they rose above the challenges of the Comstock to stake a bold claim on the future.


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