The Memoirs of Caesar Honore: A Curious Enterprise in the Gold Fields of California in 1849 - Couverture souple

Conrotto, Eugene L; Langhoff, Dan A

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1537225944 ISBN 13 : 9781537225944

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

August 1849. A young Bostonian’s fate is sealed less than two hours after he lands in San Francisco. Judge Hyrum Milton has a “curious enterprise” for the newly-minted parolee: disassemble the beautiful red-and-yellow-lacquered made-in-China Vista Del Mar bawdy house in Monterey (where the California Constitutional Convention is taking place) and reassemble it as the Vista Del Monte in the vortex of the California Gold Rush, Sonoran Camp. The judge, who happens to own the Vista, also happens to have a vivacious daughter. She and Caesar fall in love amid the chaos of banditos, California politics, Indians, parents, murder, religious zealots, Missions San Juan Bautista and Santa Cruz, John C. Fremont and his family, grizzly bears, high-stakes gambling, placer mining, travel writer Bayard Taylor, crooked Yankee traders—and seven young prostitutes. Inspired by a conversation with Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner (details in the Afterword).

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Eugene L. Conrotto was born in Gilroy, California, at the southern end of Santa Clara Valley known today as Silicon Valley. He has lived his life two decades at a time. For the first twenty years he was a student, that experience culminating in a degree in anthropology from Stanford University. For the next twenty years he was a journalist in the California desert: editor of the award-winning Desert Magazine. His first book—"Lost Desert Bonanzas"—came from this experience. The third twenty years of his life saw him return to the classroom as a teacher. Hence: "Classroom Strategies for the Subversive English Teacher." The fourth twenty years--and still counting--pretty much confirms Conrotto's belief that the spreading of good cheer is not among his responsibilities. Conrotto is also the author of Miwok Means People, The Memoirs of Caesar Honore, Classroom Strategies for the Subversive English Teacher, An Annotated Chronology of the California Gold Rush, Notes on My Stay in a Convalescent Hospital, Avanti America, A Day with the Ant-People, and A Chronology of Unitarian-Universalist Celebrated Individuals.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1537225944
• ISBN 13: 9781537225944
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible