Crime Of 1873, The Comstock Connection

ROBERT R VAN RYZIN

Publication: Krause Publications, 2001, Iola

First edition. 4to. Color, pictorial boards, 297 pp plus 6 pp. of advertisements, acknowledgments, prologue, illustrated, plates, portraits, double columns, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. The story of Nevada's Comstock Lode, and of William Chapman Ralston (who through the Bank of California once masterfully manipulated most of its mines, mills and miners), and of the silver coins that were his and the Comstock's glittering legacy, Morgan dollars, Trade dollars, and Seated Liberty coins. Ralston died in August 1875, once the most powerful, influential and ambitious man in California, a man who some credit with building the Golden State, and who coin collectors, economists and historians need to recognize for his great impact on 19th century U. S. coinage laws and the nation's economy. As new, unread copy without dust jacket, as issued.

Inventory Number: 42673