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Robin Flinchum
The Redemption of Julia Bulette
9781467171748
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%One chill January night in 1867, a Virginia City prostitute was strangled to death in her bed.
The murderer was caught and hanged in front of a crowd of thousands, and the citizens of the Comstock considered the matter closed. More than 150 years later, the murder of Julia Bulette has become a local legend.
The man accused, John Millain, was suspected of killing before, but there would be no justice for those victims. Reduced to vague mentions in newspaper articles, little was left to tie their unsolved murders to that of Julia’s. Did John Millain leave a trail of tragedy that stretched from San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood to Julia’s untimely end in Virginia City?
Author and award-winning journalist Robin Flinchum searches for the truth behind a string of murders in two of the richest cities in the early American West.
Carolyn Grattan Eichin
The Infamous Theaters of Virginia City, Nevada
9781467159746
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%From Scantily Clad Women to Impassioned Suffragist Speeches
Virginia City boomed in the nineteenth century, with thousands coming to try their luck in the mines. The entertainment industry boomed with it. Piper’s Opera House became one of the most well-known theaters in America, attracting actors from the East and West Coasts for lauded performances. The Alhambra Theater took a different approach, advertising acts with women in scanty clothing to bored, restless miners. The vibrant scene drew in big names like renowned actors John McCullough and Lawrence Barrett, William Cody (better known as Buffalo Bill) and even Mark Twain.
Author Carolyn Grattan Eichin takes a deep dive into Virginia City’s theatrical history and its importance for the stars of the day.
