description: The story in Harold Bell Wright's THE MINE WITH THE IRON DOOR (1923) takes place almost entirely within the Santa Catalina Mountains to the north of Tucson, an area that Wright became familiar with during his visit to the area in 1915 and his subsequent residence in and just outside of Tucson. While the story focuses on the adventures of a couple old miners who scratch out a living in the mountains while jointly raising their adopted daughter Marta Hillgrove into a strong, young woman, the book also serves as a time capsule with fleeting glimpses of the city and surrounding mountains and desert as they were in the early 20th century. The novel is just one part of Wright's legacy in Tucson, however. As the first American author to sell a million copies of a book and earn a million dollars from his writing, he had considerable influence on the desert town he briefly made his home, and as evidenced by his dedication in The Mine with the Iron Door--"To My friends in the Old Pueblo Tucson"--the town left an impression on him as well. (Booma)
language: English
title: The Mine With The Iron Door: A Romance
titlecomplete: The Mine With The Iron Door: A Romance
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 55
publisher: Classic Publishers