California's Pioneer Circus
Author : Albert Dressler
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 30,50 MB
Release : 1926
Category : California
ISBN :
Early Auburn
Author : Art Sommers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 22,64 MB
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439650942
Book Description
Located at the junction of gold-rich ravines, Auburn was the site of the first gold discovery in Placer County. Though the superficial gold was quickly panned out, by 1850, the town had become an important trading center. Auburn became a center for goods, services, entertainment, and a place for miners to "winter-over." More importantly, it became a transportation hub. As the county seat, Auburn's hotels, saloons, and merchants experienced a steady stream of customers as county residents came to town to deal with legal matters. Though plagued by numerous destructive fires, the citizens of Auburn rebuilt, and the town continued to thrive. This book will introduce the reader to some of the individuals who were instrumental in shaping Auburn as it grew into the town it is today.
Women of the American Circus, 1880-1940
Author : Katherine H. Adams
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 23,30 MB
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1476600791
Book Description
During the years 1880 to 1940, the glory days of the American circus, a third to a half of the cast members were women--a large group of very visible American workers whose story needs telling. This book, using sources such as diaries, autobiographies, newspaper accounts, films, posters, and route books, first considers the popular media's presentation of these performers as unnatural and scandalous--as well as romantic and thrilling. Next are the stories told by circus women, which contradict and complicate other versions of their lives. Across America in those years an array of acts featured women, such as tableaux, freak shows, girlie shows, tiger acts, and aerial performances, all involving special skills and all detailed here. The book offers a unique and fascinating view of not just the circus but of what it meant to be an American woman at work.
Pioneer Circuses of the West
Author : Chang Reynolds
Publisher :
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 29,63 MB
Release : 1966
Category : California
ISBN :
Book Description
Deals with the pioneering efforts, between 1849-1900, of circus proprietors in the area which lies between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Pioneer Mother of California
Author : Elisha Brooks
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 23,12 MB
Release :
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
"...on the 28th of April, 1852 my mother loaded all her worldly possessions, consisting of a stock of provisions and a camp outfit, into a canvas covered wagon drawn by four yoke of oxen; and with her little family of five boys, aged respectively three, five, nine, twins of eleven, one of whom was myself, and a girl of thirteen years, she bade goodbye to Michigan, and took up her march of two thousand eight hundred miles..." Following her husband in his quest to quench his "gold fever," Elisha Brooks took her brood across the enormous expanse of the Western United States. Along the way they met hardship, saw great beauty, met with Indians, and finally made a home in California. During his lifetime, Brooks was a popular speaker on the topic of the westward expansion and he finally set the stories down in this book in 1922 for his grandchildren. 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.
They Saw the Elephant
Author : JoAnn Levy
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 10,7 MB
Release : 2013-07-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806189959
Book Description
"The phrase ’seeing the elephant’ symbolized for ’49 gold rushers the exotic, the mythical, the once-in-a-lifetime adventure, unequaled anywhere else but in the journey to the promised land of fortune: California. Most western myths . . . generally depict an exclusively male gold rush. Levy’s book debunks that myth. Here a variety of women travel, work, and write their way across the pages of western migrant history."-Choice "One of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to date"ˆ–San Francisco Chronicle
Olympians of the Sawdust Circle
Author : William Lawrence Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,61 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0809503107
Book Description
The culmination of more than thirty years of research, Olympians of the Sawdust Circle is an attempt to identify every major and minor player in the American circus world of the nineteenth century. This A-Z guide lists: surname, given name, dates of birth and death (if known), type of entertainment (and function) with which the individual was associated, and the companies and dates by whom the person was employed. Every researcher and library interested in American circus history will need this seminal guide. An absolutely astonishing piece of scholarship.
Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe
Author : Frederik L. Schodt
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 29,35 MB
Release : 2012-12-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1611720095
Book Description
Looks at Professor Risley's introduction of the Western-style circus to Japan in 1864 and his subsequent tours of the country with the Imperial Japanese Troupe of acrobats, an encounter that opened both cultures to one another.
California Historical Quarterly
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 38,15 MB
Release : 1927
Category : California
ISBN :
Book Description
A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West 1510-1906
Author : Robert Ernest Cowan
Publisher :
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 20,99 MB
Release : 1914
Category : California
ISBN :
