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Wicked Coeur d'Alene /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2021.Description: 156 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781540249777
  • 1467149128
  • 9781467149129
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 979.6
Summary: Despite its inviting splendor, Coeur d'Alene was home to violent conflict and lascivious mischief in its earliest years. Newspapers echo accounts of desperate gamblers, prostitutes and prospectors who did everything they could to secure their own future--at all costs. Town druggist Mr. Salis Smith concocted medicine composed of 50 percent alcohol mixed with cocaine or opium for the despondent. Characters like Bootleg Mary or murderous Fatty Carroll, notorious for employing shallow graves, populate dark tales of hushed murders, illegal gambling and corrupt politics. From bloody mining disputes to outlaw train robberies, author Deborah Cuyle recounts the sordid, salacious and sinful sides of Lake City's past.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Standard Loan Coeur d'Alene Library Adult Nonfiction Coeur d'Alene Library Book 978 CUYLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 06/08/2024 50610023712834
Standard Loan Harrison Library Northwest Collection Harrison Library Book 979.6/CUYLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 50610024158391
Standard Loan Hayden Library Idaho Collection Hayden Library Book 979.6/CUYLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 50610023770154
Standard Loan Pinehurst Library Northwest Collection Pinehurst Library Book 979.6/CUYLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 50610023689412
Standard Loan Rathdrum Library Northwest Collection Rathdrum Library Book 979.6/CUYLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 50610023770279
Standard Loan Spirit Lake Library Northwest Collection Spirit Lake Library Book 979.6/CUYLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 50610023689354
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Despite its inviting splendor, Coeur d'Alene was home to violent conflict and lascivious mischief in its earliest years. Newspapers echo accounts of desperate gamblers, prostitutes and prospectors who did everything they could to secure their own future--at all costs. Town druggist Mr. Salis Smith concocted medicine composed of 50 percent alcoho...

Despite its inviting splendor, Coeur d'Alene was home to violent conflict and lascivious mischief in its earliest years. Newspapers echo accounts of desperate gamblers, prostitutes and prospectors who did everything they could to secure their own future--at all costs. Town druggist Mr. Salis Smith concocted medicine composed of 50 percent alcohol mixed with cocaine or opium for the despondent. Characters like Bootleg Mary or murderous Fatty Carroll, notorious for employing shallow graves, populate dark tales of hushed murders, illegal gambling and corrupt politics. From bloody mining disputes to outlaw train robberies, author Deborah Cuyle recounts the sordid, salacious and sinful sides of Lake City's past.

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