Old Deadwood Days By Estelline Bennett

1982 trade Paperback

University of Nebraska press

Very good condition

Western History

Old Deadwood Days by Estelline Bennett is a firsthand account of the transformation of Deadwood, South Dakota, from a lawless mining camp into a civilized railroad town, written from the perspective of a young girl growing up there in the late 19th century. The book details the town's notorious characters like Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok, and chronicles its evolution as her father, Federal Judge Granville G. Bennett, worked to bring law and order to the area. It's considered a classic and valuable historical memoir of the American West.