[PDF] History Of The State Of California And Biographical Record Of San Joaquin County Vol 2 Of 2 eBook

Author : James Miller Guinn
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 15,3 MB
Release : 2017-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780282947057

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Excerpt from History of the State of California and Biographical Record of San Joaquin County, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing Biographies of Well-Known Citizens of the Past and Present Concerning the home of Captain Webe the famous poet and traveler, Bayard Taylor, writes as follows: We were greatly delighted with our visit to Captain Weber's, who transformed a tract of land between two sloughs into a garden. There is no more delightful villa in existence. A thick hedge, outside of which is a row of semi tropical trees, surrounds the peninsula. The gate opened into a lofty avenue of trellis work, where the sunshine strikes through branches of ame thyst and chrysolite, while on either hand beds of roses fill the air with odor. The house is low but spacious, the woodwork of natural red wood. Vine - covered verandas surround it and every window discloses a vision of plants that would be the glory of any greenhouse on the Atlantic coast. In Mrs. Weber I found the ac quaintance of my former visit. Well I remem ber the day when, hungry and footsore, I went to the door of her father's house in the valley of the San Jose and found her reading a poem of mine. Her father saddled his horse and rode with me to the top of the mountain, and her own hands prepared the grateful supper and breakfast that gave me strength for the tramp to Monterey. The garden delighted us beyond measure. The walks were waist deep in fuchias and geraniums, and the pepper trees, with their loose, misty boughs, hailed us as do friends from Athens. A row of Italian cypresses were shoot ing rapidly above the other boughs in the gar den. How they will transform the character of the landscape when their dark obelisks stand in full stature! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : J. M. Guinn
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 37,68 MB
Release : 2016-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781333479312

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Excerpt from History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the Sierras: An Historical Story of the State's Marvelous Growth From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time Hen we study the progress made in northeastern California, especially during the past two decades of the nineteenth century and the Opening years of the twentieth century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : James Miller 1834-1918 [From Ol Guinn
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 17,10 MB
Release : 2015-08-08
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ISBN : 9781297526763

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Author : Jane Little Botkin
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 32,33 MB
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806157917

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Franklin Henry Little (1878–1917), an organizer for the Western Federation of Miners and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), fought in some of the early twentieth century’s most contentious labor and free-speech struggles. Following his lynching in Butte, Montana, his life and legacy became shrouded in tragedy and family secrets. In Frank Little and the IWW, author Jane Little Botkin chronicles her great-granduncle’s fascinating life and reveals its connections to the history of American labor and the first Red Scare. Beginning with Little’s childhood in Missouri and territorial Oklahoma, Botkin recounts his evolution as a renowned organizer and agitator on behalf of workers in corporate agriculture, oil, logging, and mining. Frank Little traveled the West and Midwest to gather workers beneath the banner of the Wobblies (as IWW members were known), making soapbox speeches on city street corners, organizing strikes, and writing polemics against unfair labor practices. His brother and sister-in-law also joined the fight for labor, but it was Frank who led the charge—and who was regularly threatened, incarcerated, and assaulted for his efforts. In his final battles in Arizona and Montana, Botkin shows, Little and the IWW leadership faced their strongest opponent yet as powerful copper magnates countered union efforts with deep-laid networks of spies and gunmen, an antilabor press, and local vigilantes. For a time, Frank Little’s murder became a rallying cry for the IWW. But after the United States entered the Great War and Congress passed the Sedition Act (1918) to ensure support for the war effort, many politicians and corporations used the act to target labor “radicals,” squelch dissent, and inspire vigilantism. Like other wage-working families smeared with the traitor label, the Little family endured raids, arrests, and indictments in IWW trials. Having scoured the West for firsthand sources in family, library, and museum collections, Botkin melds the personal narrative of an American family with the story of the labor movements that once shook the nation to its core. In doing so, she throws into sharp relief the lingering consequences of political repression.