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Pearly Everlasting: A Novel of the Aspen Silver Camp
Pearly Everlasting A Novel of the Aspen Silver Camp Author:Martha Whitcomb Sterling Weaving history and fiction, Sterling recreates Aspen, Colorado, in the 1880s in her hymn of praise to the proud, unsung heritage of this remarkable mountain town. The feisty heroine, early known to territorial miners as “Little Emma” when she traveled with her Circuit Judge father, marries an abusive and ambitious man. A great silver strike in ... more »the Pearly Everlasting mine leads to escalating violence and a final confrontation of man and wife in the mine itself. European immigrants, Ute Indians, Civil War veterans and the whores on the notorious “Row” come vividly to life. Townspeople survive a hair-raising July Fourth runaway, a mine cave-in, explosions, sabotage and killings. They learn the blessings and the curse of a bonanza silver strike, help shape the future of Colorado. Their loves, ribald humor and sacrifices carry the story.« less