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The emigrant soldiers' gazette and Cape Horn chronicle ... : published originally on manuscript forms
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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Manuscripts
This document records the ocean journey of the barque, Golden Fleece, which left Boston, MA, for San Francisco, CA, on January 27, 1864. The author, identified by the initials W.A.H. at the end of the text on the fourth page, records the ship's journey around Cape Horn and various events which transpired onboard. The author describes the city of San Francisco upon their arrival on May 3rd and notes "the sad news of the assassination of President Lincoln." This statement may indicate that manuscript is inaccurately dated, as Lincoln died in 1865, and the manuscript may in fact be a reminiscence rather than a contemporary account
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"A new H. Allen Smith with the publication of this hilarious--and penetrating--account of his recent trip to London. The author has come a long way since he penned that never-to-be-forgotten phrase, "she was barefoot up to her chin." This volume is ample evidence that Smith has finally arrived--a full-fledged, honest-to-gawd, 100-watt literary light. Smith--whom Fred Allen once called "the screwball's Boswell"--faced with the grim realization that he was vulgar, raucous, smug, uncouth, boorish, and bombastic, decided to journey to London to learn how to become urbane, courtly, and suave. He wanted people to say, "He's nice." So he set out in company with his wife, the slightly disenchanted Mistress Nelle, for that mecca of gentility and decorum beside the Thames. They proceeded to delve systematically into the language, the customs, the history, and the culchuh of the city. Their findings, with copious editorial footnotes and an indispensable English-American glossary, have all been meticulously set down. Some of them are quite outrageous."--From dust jacket flap.
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