The Town That Died Laughing

Description

1st Edition. Hardback with dustjacket, Light red cloth over boards, black spine title, pictorial map endpapers, pictorial dustjacket depicts the historical main street of Austin in orange tones on the front. The back of the dustjacket shows a black and white photo of the author with the “Reveille” in hand, shown against the backdrop of a photograph of Austin. 21x14x3.1 cm. Little Brown. Boston. 1955. 235 pp. Very good, tight and unmarked, in a very good dust jacket with some edgewear and light sunning to spine. The story of Austin, Nevada. rambunctious early day mining camp, and of its controversial newspaper, “The Reese River Reveille”. weight: 1.1 lb.