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Centennial : American life in 1876 / by William Peirce Randel.
LIBRA E168 .R19 1969
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Randel, William Peirce, 1909-1996.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Civilization--1865-1918.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- United States--History--1865-1898.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Randel, William Peirce, 1909-
- Klausner, Samuel Z. (donor) (Klausner Collection copy)
- Klausner, Bertha (former owner) (Klausner Collection copy)
- Bertha Klausner International Literary Agency, Inc. (stamp) (Klausner Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, 475 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Chilton Book Co., 1969.
- Contents:
- Not just another year
- Centennial ways of life: a sampling of opinions
- Josiah Holland: dead center
- Offenbach: once over lightly
- John Leng, flying Scot
- Nathaniel Bishop and his sneak-box
- Across Texas on horseback: Col. Taylor
- Two carping Frenchmen
- Mr. and Mrs. Huxley
- John Lewis, transplanted Englishman
- Emily in Sitka and Lapwai
- Joseph Hatton's friendly chat
- A teeming nation of nations
- Civilized East
- Frontier
- Wilderness
- The age of enterprise
- The abuses of power: a tragedy in three acts
- The whiskey ring
- Grafters in the cabinet
- The disputed election
- The southern question
- Good and faithful servants
- The exhibition
- Quality of life
- The arts, fine and otherwise
- The lively arts
- The verbal arts
- The plastic arts
- A great year for education
- A mighty fortress.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Klausner copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2009 by Samuel Z. Klausner.
- Penn Klausner copy has author's inscription.
- OCLC:
- 46548
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