Race and the wild West : Sarah Bickford, the Montana vigilantes, and the tourism of decline, 1870-1930 /
The biography of Sarah Bickford, born a slave in Tennessee, who became the first African American female public utilities owner of the Virginia City Water Company and spent three decades promoting tourism at a historic building where the Montana Vigilantes lynched five men.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Norman :
University of Oklahoma Press,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Race and culture in the American West ;
v. 17. |
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| Summary: | The biography of Sarah Bickford, born a slave in Tennessee, who became the first African American female public utilities owner of the Virginia City Water Company and spent three decades promoting tourism at a historic building where the Montana Vigilantes lynched five men. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780806164977 0806164972 |