Description:
Viewing Deadwood's heritage tourism through the lens of her great-great-uncle's memoir, Pioneer Days in the Black Hills, Laura J. Beard explores the power of the mythic past.
Review Quotes:
"Using an ancestor's memoir as a springboard, author Laura Beard ably explores the history and legends of Deadwood. Anyone interested in the making of frontier myths will find this book of great use."--Peter Cozzens, author of Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West