Charcoal and Blood: Italian Immigrants in Eureka, Nevada, and the Fish Creek Massacre

by Silvio Manno

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943859000
• ISBN13: 9781943859009
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"