Copper camp kids

by Walter Johnson

267 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1998

About the author

Walter Johnson is Winthrop Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom and, most recently, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States.

Reviews

[Bruce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great social history of copper mining camp in Nevada's high plains desert. True American spirit, engineering ingenuity and immigrant complexity make this Great Depression and WWII era memoir of a kid, his dog and his friends a real pleasure to read and provide texture to a little known but essential part of our past and future.