| Charcoal and Blood: Italian Immigrants in Eureka, Nevada, and the Fish Creek Massacre Contributor(s): Manno, Silvio (Author) |
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ISBN: 1943859000 ISBN-13: 9781943859009 Publisher: University of Nevada Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 305.895 |
| LCCN: 2015046482 |
| Series: Shepperson Nevada History |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Ethnic Orientation - Italian - Geographic Orientation - Nevada |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Charcoal and Blood is a detailed account of a heinous crime perpetrated on Italian immigrants engaged in the production of charcoal on Nevada's mining frontier at the close of the nineteenth century. On August 18, 1879, in a canyon near Fish Creek, outside Eureka, Nevada, five Italian charcoal burners were slain and six more were wounded, while fourteen were taken prisoner by a sheriff's posse. Through meticulous research on the event, relying on such primary sources as newspaper articles, author Silvio Manno provides the only comprehensive account of Eureka's charcoal crisis and what came to be known as the Fish Creek Massacre. This is a well-documented narrative history of an important instance of class and ethnic conflict in the West. Readers interested in Nevada history, Italian American history, frontier trade unionism, and mining in the West will find this book a unique examination of an incident that occurred almost a century and a half ago and that has, until now, been largely overlooked. |