Title: A Kid on the Comstock
Description: Nonfiction:  In the early days of the comstock boom, Virginia City was no place for children.  But by the 1870s, law and order had a firm hold on the town and hundreds of youngsters, most of them children of miners, swarmed over the sides of Mount Davidson.  Living in this boy's paradise was Johnny Waldorf-cocksure, reckless, and a "menace to parental peace of mind."  Johnny, the son of a miner and a schoolteacher, arrived in camp in 1873 at the age of three and lived there for twelve turbulent years, until he ran away to make his fortune on the high seas.  A Kid on the Comstock is a captivating recounting of the thrills, wounds, and scars in the life of a young boy growing up in Virginia City.
Subjects: Biography, Childhood and youth, History, Mineral industries, Mines and mineral resources, Social life and customs
Places: Comstock lode (Nev.), Nevada, Virginia City (Nev.)
People: John Taylor Waldorf