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Hellacious California!: Tales of Rascality, Revelry, Dissipation, and Depravity,

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ISBN-13: 9781597144995

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ISBN: 9781597144995

Book Title: Hellacious California! : Tales of Rascality, Revelry, Dissipation, and Depravity, and the Birth of the Golden State

Item Length: 8.5in

Publisher: Heyday

Publication Year: 2020

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 0.8in

Author: Gary Noy

Genre: History

Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)

Item Width: 5.5in

Item Weight: 12 Oz

Number of Pages: 256 Pages

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In 1855 an ex-miner lamented that nineteenth-century California "can and does furnish the best bad things," including "purer liquors...finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier courtezans [sic]" than anywhere else in America. Lured by boons of gold and other exploitable resources, California's settler population mushroomed under Mexican and early American control, and this period of rapid transformation gave rise to a freewheeling culture best epitomized by its entertainments. Hellacious California tours the rambunctious and occasionally appalling amusements of the Golden State: gambling, gun duels, knife fights, gracious dining and gluttony, prostitution, fandangos, cigars, con artistry, and the demon drink. Historian Gary Noy unearths myriad primary sources, many of which have never before been published, to spin his true tall tales that are by turns humorous and horrifying. Whether detailing the exploits of an inebriated stallion, gambling parlors as a reinforcement and subversion of racial norms, armed skirmishes over eggs, or the ins and outs of the "Spirit Lover" scam, Noy expertly situates these stories in the context of a live-for-the-moment society characterized by audacity, bigotry, and risk. Published in collaboration with Sierra College Press.

Product Identifiers

Publisher

Heyday

ISBN-10

1597144991

ISBN-13

9781597144995

eBay Product ID (ePID)

20038518350

Product Key Features

Book Title

Hellacious California! : Tales of Rascality, Revelry, Dissipation, and Depravity, and the Birth of the Golden State

Author

Gary Noy

Format

Trade Paperback

Language

English

Topic

United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)

Publication Year

2020

Genre

History

Number of Pages

256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length

8.5in

Item Height

0.8in

Item Width

5.5in

Item Weight

12 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number

F861.N89 2020

Reviews

"Premier historian Gary Noy has created the finest and most entertaining compilation ever of stories documenting 'the best bad things' of nineteenth century California.... Never before has this been so well told and supported by such a vast array of primary sources."--Gary Kurutz, Director Emeritus, California History Room and Special Collections, California State Library " Hellacious California! confidently carries the reader into the everyday lives of early Californians. The focus on Californians' popular pastimes ..., with an eye on vice, decadence, and scandal, makes this book a rowdy tour."--Dr. Patrick Ettinger, Professor of History, California State University, Sacramento; Former Director of CSUS Public History Program and the Capital Campus Oral History Program "One of the best reads about the state I love! History penned with a sense of humor, insight, and compassion ... Fascinating vignettes of California's early years of expansion, exploitation, and unbridled human nature reveal the vibrant complexity of forces at work that established the Golden State."--Beverly Lewis, Director, Placer-Lake Tahoe Film Office; Past President of FLICS (Film Liaisons in California Statewide), the professional association of California State Film Commissions, "Premier historian Gary Noy has created the finest and most entertaining compilation ever of stories documenting 'the best bad things' of nineteenth century California.... Never before has this been so well told and supported by such a vast array of primary sources."--Gary Kurutz, Director Emeritus, California History Room and Special Collections, California State Library

Table of Content

Contents Introduction 1. Black-Legs, California Prayer Books, and Twisting the Tiger's Tail: Games of Chance 2. Anti-Fogmatics, Coffin Varnish, and Oh-Be-Joyful: The Demon Drink 3. Grizzly Bear Steak, Sourdough Slapjacks, and Whole Jackass Rabbit: Gracious Dining and Gluttony 4. Spittoons, Quids, and Cigarillos: Tobacco Culture 5. Demanding Satisfaction, Frogstickers, and the Slogging Fraternity: Dueling, Knife Fights, Fisticuffs, and Animal Baiting 6. Sparking, Philanthropic Importation, and the Hospital: Courtship, Divorce and Prostitution 7. Put's Golden Songster, The India Rubber Man, and Pedestrianism: Eccentric and Extraordinary Entertainments 8. Hornswogglers, Honey-Foglers and Humbugs: Scoundrels and Charlatans BibliographyAcknowledgments About the Author

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2020-017938

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Trade

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