Author: Stephen C. MassettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
"Drifting About", Or, What "Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville," Saw-and-did
Author: Stephen C. MassettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
“Drifting About,” or what “Jeems Pipes of Pipesville” saw and did. An autobiography ... With ... illustrations, etc
Author: Stephen C. Massett"Drifting About"; Or, What "Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville," Saw-and-did. An Autobiography by Stephen C. Massett. With Many Comic Illustrations by Mullen
Author: Stephen C. MassettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Library of J.H.V. Arnold
Author: John Harvey Vincent ArnoldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Allen A. Brown Collection of Books Relating to the Stage in the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Allen A. Brown Collection (Boston Public Library)Publisher: Boston : The Trustees
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Hellacious California!
Author: Gary NoyPublisher: Heyday.ORIM
ISBN: 1597145041
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
“Teems with bittersweet compounds of 19th-century nefariousness, including . . . gambling, knife fights, the demon drink, con artistry, and prostitution.” —Los Angeles Review of Books In 1855 an ex-miner lamented that nineteenth-century California “can and does furnish the best bad things,” including “purer liquors . . . finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier courtezans [sic]” than anywhere else in America. Lured by boons of gold and other exploitable resources, California’s settler population mushroomed under Mexican and early American control, and this period of rapid transformation gave rise to a freewheeling culture best epitomized by its entertainments. Hellacious California tours the rambunctious and occasionally appalling amusements of the Golden State: gambling, gun duels, knife fights, gracious dining and gluttony, prostitution, fandangos, cigars, con artistry, and the demon drink. Historian Gary Noy unearths myriad primary sources, many of which have never before been published, to spin his true tall tales that are by turns humorous and horrifying. Whether detailing the exploits of an inebriated stallion, gambling parlors as a reinforcement and subversion of racial norms, armed skirmishes over eggs, or the ins and outs of the “Spirit Lover” scam, Noy expertly situates these stories in the context of a live-for-the-moment society characterized by audacity, bigotry, and risk. “Confidently carries the reader into the everyday lives of early Californians. The focus on Californians’ popular pastimes . . . with an eye on vice, decadence, and scandal, makes this book a rowdy tour.” —Dr. Patrick Ettinger, Professor of History, California State University, Sacramento; Former Director of CSUS Public History Program and the Capital Campus Oral History Program
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
A Dictionary of Books Relating to America
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
A Companion to California
Author: James David HartPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520055438
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
A comprehensive reference book on the nation's most populous state provides, in three thousand entries, information on cities, counties, missions, flora and fauna, architecture, climate, industries, historical periods and events, and other topics
Catalogue of Books in the South End Branch Library of the Boston Public Library
Author: Boston Public Library. South End BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description