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The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepherd, and the People of the Canyons
The Silver of the Sierra Madre John Robinson Boss Shepherd and the People of the Canyons
Author: John Mason Hart
In the great barranca known today as Copper Canyon, the small mining town of Batopilas once experienced a silver bonanza among the largest ever known. American investors, believing that Mexico offered an unexploited cornucopia, began purchasing mines in the Sierra Madre, seeking to expand their hold on natural resources outside U.S. borders. Fro...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780816527045
ISBN-10: 0816527040
Publication Date: 8/1/2008
Pages: 256
Edition: First Edition
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Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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