Fast Folks, or the Early Days of California
| Preis: | 13.95 EUR* (inkl. MWST zzgl. Versand - Preis kann jetzt höher sein!) |
| Versand: | 0.00 EUR Versandkostenfrei innerhalb von Deutschland |
| Partner: | buecher.de |
| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Nunes, Joseph A.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Fast Folks, or the Early Days of California: A Comedy, in Five Acts Dear Sir: The following pages are the result of some hours of relaxation during a professional sojourn in the mountains of California, and profess to be no more than a reflex of some of the phases of society in the early history of that noble State - at a time shortly after the discovery of gold there; when the tide of emigration flowed like a torrent from all parts of our beloved Union, and found no resting place until the distant Pacific coast had been reached. The Comedy, (if I may dignify it with that title,) was written without any intention of having it either represented or published, but chance subjected it to the criticism of an artist of some celebrity, whose persuasions were potent enough to overcome the natural diffidence of untried authorship. It was played, and successfully, and having, to that extent, become public property, I have concluded to put it in a form in which it may either serve to amuse my friends, or, in the hands of my enemies, be a vehicle of punishment for the presumption of having written it. Of all the Statesmen of the present generation, California has most reason to be grateful to you, for you have been her firm, undeviating friend from the period of her first introduction into the glorious sisterhood of States, and nothing that your great talents or influence could achieve has been withheld from her, or from the development of her permanent prosperity. Under these circumstances, duty would prompt, even if inclination did not suggest, that the tribute of this "Dedication" should be tendered to you. I trust you will accept of it in the spirit in which it is offered, without criticising too severely the pages on which it is inscribed; for if these could be worthy of your acceptance, they would surely possess merits which would entitle them to more than an ephemeral existence. 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.
* Preis kann jetzt höher sein. Den aktuellen Stand und Informationen zu den Versandkosten finden sie auf der Homepage unseres Partners.
Folgende Produkte könnten dir ebenso gefallen
