{"product_id":"cripple-creek-days-1","title":"Cripple Creek Days","description":"xiv, 270 pp. \"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.\"","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39357448060998,"sku":"2313143","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2313143.jpg?v=1623781586","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/cripple-creek-days-1","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}