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Ladies of the Goldfield Stock Exchange
- Title
- Ladies of the Goldfield Stock Exchange / Sybil Downing.
- Author
- Downing, Sybil.
- Publication
- New York : Forge, 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS3554.O9348 L34 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 319 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Sybil Downing's Ladies of the Goldfield Stock Exchange follows the success of the first two Women of the West novels, a groundbreaking series that explores the actual lives of women who opened the frontiers of the American West. This captivating new novel unfolds the drama behind a little-known but historic event that begins when three women set up their own stock exchange, choosing to defy tradition in order to assert their claim to wealth and independence.
- Meg Kendall, a young college graduate, unites with Tess Wallace, an ex-whore, and Verna Bates, aging, unmarried, and forever pestered by a profligate brother. Together the three women challenge the assumptions of the male-dominated world around them. Their fire and spirit become a rallying point for all the women of Goldfield, as they leave their mark on the history of the last heady days of the Gold Rush era.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Historical fiction.
- Note
- "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
- ISBN
- 0312863314
- LCCN
- 97000730
- OCLC
- ocm36241646
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries