The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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About This Book
"Perhaps the best known collection of stories of that romantic period of California history when the incoming Americans were first intermingling with the Californians of rancho and presidio." - ZamoranoThe Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California" by Gertrude Atherton is a collection of historical narratives set in the vibrant and tumultuous period of mid-19th century California. Through its tales, the work captures the lives of characters navigating the complexities of societal change, cultural clash, and personal ambition in a land on the brink of transformation due to American inter...
Chapters (74)
- THE SPLENDID IDLE FORTIES
- STORIES OF OLD CALIFORNIA BY
- WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRISON FISHER
- TO
- NOTE
- CONTENTS
- THE PEARLS OF LORETO
- THE PEARLS OF LORETO
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- THE EARS OF TWENTY AMERICANS
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIII
- XIV
- XV
- THE WASH-TUB MAIL
- PART I
- PART II
- PART III
- THE LAST
- THE CONQUEST OF DOÑA JACOBA
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- A RAMBLE WITH EULOGIA[1]
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- THE ISLE OF SKULLS
- I
- II
- THE HEAD OF A PRIEST
- I
- II
- LA PÉRDIDA
- LUKARI'S STORY
- NATALIE IVANHOFF: A MEMORY OF FORT ROSS
- II
- THE VENGEANCE OF PADRE ARROYO
- I
- II
- THE BELLS OF SAN GABRIEL
- I
- II
- WHEN THE DEVIL WAS WELL
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