Author: Bayard TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Eldorado, Or Adventures in the Path of Empire
Author: Bayard TaylorEldorado; Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire; Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey
Author: Bayard TaylorEldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama, ...
Author: Bayard TaylorEldorado; Or, Adventure In The Path Of Empire
Author: Bayard TaylorEldorado
Author: Bayard TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire
Author: Bayard TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Eldorado: Adventures in the Path of Empire
Author: Bayard TaylorPublisher: BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author, Bayard Taylor (1825 – 1878) led a remarkable life and left a fascinating legacy. His travel books are known for their keen details, humor, and adventure. His poetry still stands up and his translations were at one time considered some of the finest. In 1849, Taylor made a trip to California and Mexico. Throughout the journey he kept detailed accounts of adventures, mishaps, happy times, and interesting characters he met along the way. In the tradition of classic travel writers, Taylor takes you along to a fascinating world that no longer exists. Gold prospecting in California and surviving robbers in Mexico were just part of the exciting adventures Taylor encountered. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West 1510-1906
Author: Robert Ernest CowanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Verdi at the Golden Gate
Author: George MartinPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520913426
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Opera is a fragile, complex art, but it flourished extravagantly in San Francisco during the Gold Rush years, a time when daily life in the city was filled with gambling, duels, murder, and suicide. In the history of the United States there has never been a rougher town than Gold Rush San Francisco, yet there has never been a greater frenzy for opera than developed there in these exciting years. How did this madness for opera take root and grow? Why did the audience's generally drunken, brawling behavior gradually improve? How and why did Verdi emerge as the city's favorite composer? These are the intriguing themes of George Martin's enlightening and wonderfully entertaining story. Among the incidents recounted are the fist fight that stopped an opera performance and ended in a fatal duel; and the brothel madam who, by sitting in the wrong row of a theater, caused a fracas that resulted in the formation of the Vigilantes of 1856. Martin weaves together meticulously gathered social, political, and musical facts to create this lively cultural history. His study contributes to a new understanding of urban culture in the Jacksonian–Manifest Destiny eras, and of the role of opera in cities during this time, especially in the American West. Over it all soars Verdi's somber, romantic music, capturing the melancholy, the feverish joy, and the idealism of his listeners.
Gold Rush Diary
Author: Thomas D. ClarkPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813188253
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
Among the hundreds captivated by the vision of quick riches in the gold fields of California was Elisha Douglass Perkins, a tall handsome youth from Marietta, Ohio, who has here left a remarkable first-hand account of the great trek westward in 1849. Perkins' diary is an unusually full and intimate record of crossing the plains and mountains of the Great West. Extensive notes supplement the text, associating it with numerous other published and unpublished accounts, while an appendix of reports and letters from the Marietta newspaper reveals the involvement of those at home with the Gold Rush. An annotated map shows Perkins' progress along the Overland Trail.