
The Adventures of Two Alabama Boys
by Washington Bryan Crumpton H. J. Crumpton
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Chapters (345)
- THE ADVENTURES OF TWO ALABAMA BOYS
- Dedication
- Foreword.
- Part One
- RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FAMILY LIFE.
- ARRIVAL IN ALABAMA.
- MOVED TO TOWN.
- CHANGE OF VOCATION.
- BECOMES A PRINTER.
- MEXICAN WAR.
- STARTS ON HIS WANDERINGS.
- THE GOLD EXCITEMENT.
- STARTS FOR THE FAR WEST.
- NEW ACQUAINTANCES.
- ANOTHER START WEST.
- STRIKES OUT ALL ALONE.
- A PLUNGE IN THE OVERFLOW.
- FELL IN WITH THE MILITARY.
- STRIKES HANDS WITH OLD FRIENDS.
- FOOD SCARCE.
- ALONE CONFRONTED BY INDIANS.
- ALONE AGAIN.
- REACHES CALIFORNIA.
- LOST HIS OXEN.
- IN GOD'S COUNTRY AT LAST.
- GOT A JOB.
- TO TAKE SAIL.
- HEARS SAD TIDINGS.
- NO PAY FOR SERVICES.
- AT ORO CITY.
- IN THE MINES.
- AT ROUGH-AND-READY.
- STARTS BACK HOME.
- IN A WRECK.
- ON TO PANAMA.
- IN NEW ORLEANS.
- FINDS HIS BROTHER.
- DETAINED IN MOBILE.
- IMMEDIATE ATTENTION IN CALIFORNIA,
- BACK TO THE MINES AGAIN.
- RETURNED TO ALABAMA,
- HIS OPINION ABOUT SLAVERY.
- Part Two
- HOW I BEGAN TO LECTURE.
- Chapter I
- I WAS WITHOUT AMBITION.
- "SUCKER, READY TO BITE AT ANY BAIT."
- MY BROTHER'S COUNSEL CAME TO MY AID:
- OFF TO SEA
- I WAS COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED.
- Chapter Two
- LOOKING FOR A JOB.
- A HOSTLER
- TO SAN FRANCISCO
- TAKING A SACK IN EACH HAND, I TRUDGED AWAY UP THE STREET.
- TO OAKLAND,
- "HURRAH FOR JEFF DAVIS!"
- Chapter Three
- MY FIRM RESOLVE
- THIS REQUIRED A LAY-OVER AT PITTSBURG,
- AT BELOIT, WISCONSIN,
- THE FALL OF FT. DONELSON,
- Chapter Four
- "LET MR. W. B. CRUMPTON INTO THE CAMP TOMORROW."
- THIS IS THE FIRST LESSON I HAD IN "SHUT-MOUTH"
- I STARTED OUT AFOOT DOWN THE RAILROAD.
- FORTY FROGS SEEMED TO JUMP INTO MY THROAT.
- TOOK THE TRAIN, WHICH WAS LOADED DOWN WITH FEDERAL SOLDIERS,
- AT DAYLIGHT I STARTED WEST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER,
- Chapter Five
- THREE YEARS AFTER THEY SENT THE PISTOL TO ME,
- "THE ROAD IS FULL OF YANKEES."
- WENT FORTY-FIVE MILES THAT DAY.
- THERE CAME IN SUCH A MAN AS I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE OR SINCE
- HE WAS NOT A PRAYER-MEETING MAN
- REACHING OLD 'UNCLE McCULLOUGH'S,'
- I FELT LIKE ONE IN A DREAM.
- YOU PEOPLE, WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN PRAYER:
- MIND WAS MADE UP NOT TO REMAIN.
- Chapter Six
- RELEASED ON PAROLE.
- ON THE LOOKOUT.
- REACHES HELENA, ARK.
- BOARDED THE STEAMER.
- TAKES FEVER.
- BLACK COFFEE.
- FINDS ONE MAN WHO BELIEVED HIM.
- IN TEN MILES OF NEWTON.
- MY TROUBLES BEGAN AGAIN.
- THEN HE COMMENCED CURSING.
- REACHES HOME.
- "GOOBER PEAS"
- Part Three
- Introduction
- Preface to Letters of the Second Trip
- Chapter I
- OFF ON SECOND TRIP TO CALIFORNIA AFTER FORTY YEARS.
- MY HOME IN MARION,
- BUT LET ME BEGIN WITH MY TRIP.
- DRY DOCK
- "NOT ANOTHER BERTH
- GREAT SALT MINE
- BEAUMONT
- SAN ANTONIO
- THE ALAMO
- HE EXPECTS IT OF ME.
- THE NEXT TWO DAYS. "IT IS THE DRIEST, DULLEST RIDE I EVER TOOK."
- OUT IN THE BOUNDLESS PRAIRIE.
- AS WE NEAR THE DEL RIO,
- THE SEMINOLE CAVE CANON—
- WE BREAKFASTED AT EL PASO
- THE RIO GRANDE
- CONSUMPTIVE'S PARADISE
- AT LORDSBURG
- AT SAN SIMONS,
- TUCSON,
- PEOPLE GO TO EUROPE
- Chapter II
- IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
- PLOWING MACHINE
- NOTED FOR ITS OIL.
- SAN FRANCISCO
- THE UNION FERRY DEPOT,
- FORT ALKATRAS
- SAUSALITO
- POOR HAND AT SIGHT-SEEING.
- SEAL ROCKS.
- THE GOLDEN GATE
- SUTRO BATHS AND MUSEUM
- CHINATOWN,
- THE UNITED STATES MINT.
- JAMES LICK
- THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY
- THE CLIMATE
- Chapter Three
- LOS ANGELES.
- "SEEING LOS ANGELES."
- THE RETURN
- "THE PIT"
- THE MIRAGE.
- OLD FORT YUMA
- RELIGIOUS MATTERS.
- BAPTISTS
- AN INTERESTING OCCURRENCE.
- PASTOR'S CONFERENCE,
- CALIFORNIA COLLEGE,
- ONE SERIOUS QUESTION
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