An edition of 1847
(2016)
1847
a chronicle of genius, generosity & savagery
by Turtle Bunbury
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Rediscover the events, characters and pioneering spirit that helped create the modern world in 1847, this eclectic collection of events, stories and character portraits --
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Modern History, Histoire, History, modern, 19th centuryTimes
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1847: a chronicle of genius, generosity & savagery
2016, Gill Books
in English
0717168344 9780717168347
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Table of Contents
Introduction : 1847: The year it all began
January :
New Year's Day, 1847
The Comanche Warriors & the Free-Thinking Germans ;
February ;
The Opium King & the Apostle of Temperance
An Alabaman Reflects Upon New Orleans
General Tom Thumb & the Prince of Humbugs ;
March :
Lola Montez & the King of Bavaria
'Oh! Susanna, Don't you Cry for Me'
The Girl Who Liked Dinosaurs
The Curse of Ignaz Semmelweis
Pablo Fanque & Mr Kite
The Choctaw Nation & the Great Famine ;
April :
Frederick Douglass Faces Home
The Bombardment of Tourane, Vietnam
The Birth of Cartier
The Rise & Fall of Khan Kenesary
Captain Baxter & the Barnstable Boys ;
May :
Felix Mendelssohn & the Swedish Nightingale
'Oh Give Me But Employ' ;
June :
Dr Fabre-Tonnerre's Polynesian Dictionary
Abdülmecid: A Tale of Pianos, Telegraphs, Etiquette & Famine
The Chicago Tribune
Death in the Arctic ;
July :
Mormons on the March: of Roadometers, Choirs & Baseball
Edward Lear & the Two Sicilys ;
August :
HMS Herald & HMS Pandora: A Chronicle of Panama Belles, Irish Colonies & Giant Tortoises ;
September :
Johann Gramp's Succulent Vines; Mexico Has Fallen, or How the USA Grew by a Third
The Tsar's Bizarre Circus War
Royal Scandal in The House of Bourbon
Extracts From The Norfolk News ;
October :
A Messianic Earthquake
Werner Siemens & The Gutta-Percha Tree ;
November :
Captain Hanson Gregory, Doughnut Inventor
Abide With Henry Lyte
The Murder of a 'Divine Servant' ;
December :
Camila O'gorman & the Jesuit
The King of Crackers
Richard Burton's Simian Dictionary ;
Appendix 1: The New House at Lisnavagh
Appendix 2: Literary Notes for 1847.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-354) and index.
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