The Shirley letters from the California mines, 1851-1852

The Shirley letters from the California mines, 1851-1852 by Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe Download PDF EPUB FB2

The Shirley Letters, written from the mining camps in andare something valuable and rare—a portrait by a woman of an era dominated by men.

They offer a vivid picture of gold rush life, from accounts of “murders, fearful accidents, bloody deaths, a mob, whippings, a hanging, an attempt at suicide, and a fatal duel” to bars lined with “that eternal crimson calico which flushes the whole /5(30).

The Shirley Letters written by Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe to her sister in New England from toare a precious document of life in California's gold country.

Clappe has been rightfully compared with Mark Twain for her humor, historic recording of the times, and her literary style/5. The Shirley Letters, in a way, don't deserve to be reviewed because they weren't written as literature. They are what they are, letters from a sister to her beloved sister, written from the California gold mine camps in /5(30).

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The Shirley Letters: From the California Mines, ,edited with introduction by Marlene Smith-Baranzini, Heyday Books, Berkeley, Calif.,$ paperback. Here once again are the 23 letters that were written in by Louise (“Dame Shirley”) Clapp, the wife of a gold-camp doctor Author: Historynet Staff.

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Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) to her sister in Massachusetts, and now reprinted from the Pioneer magazine of ; with synopses of the letters, a foreword, and many typographical and other corrections and emendations". The Shirley Letters, in a way, don't deserve to be reviewed because they weren't written as literature.

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louise amelia knapp smith clappe) To her Sister in Massachusetts And now Reprinted from the Pioneer Magazine of with Synopses of the Letters, a Foreword, and many Typographical and other Corrections.

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A compilation of twenty three letters on the California Gold Rush years offrom Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe to her sister in Massachusetts.

These twenty three letters were originally published, under the pseudonym, "Dame Shirley" in the Pioneer Press magazine ofan exceedingly rare magazine, these letters present a vivid picture of every. The Shirley letters from the California mines, [Shirley, Dame; Marlene Smith-Baranzini] -- A pioneer woman describes life near a northern California mining camp during the fabled "gold rush.".

Edited with an Introduction by Marlene Smith-Baranzini, The Shirley Letters: From The California Mines by Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe presents the contemporary reader with vivid first-person accounts of what it was like to live in the midst of the great California gold rush.5/5(5).

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The Shirley letters from the California mines. [Shirley, Dame] -- Twenty-three letters written by the author to her sister, Mary Jane, in Massachusetts, under the pseud., Dame Shirley. Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript.

: The Shirley Letters from the California Mines Second printing. With twenty illustrations reproduced from contemporary lithographs and woodcuts, and one map.

Inch chip from jacket back. Pages clean. Binding good.