num_pages: 214
description: In 1862 Edwin Ruthven Purple seized the chance to strike it rich in the newly discovered goldfields of the northern Rocky Mountains. With an introduction and thorough annotations by Kenneth N. Owens, Perilous Passage offers Purple's never-before-published, first-person narrative. On hand for the crimes that led to vigilante justice, Purple chronicled the story of a raucous, sometimes murderous life among bonanza miners.
language: English
title: Perilous Passage (pb): A Narrative of the Montana Gold Rush, 1862-1863
titlecomplete: Perilous Passage (pb): A Narrative of the Montana Gold Rush, 1862-1863
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Montana Historical Society Press