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Author | : Bernice Scharlach |
Publisher | : Heyday Books |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781597143240 |
This is a revised and revamped reprint of a biography of Alma Spreckels who was a larger-than-life, turn of the century character . At home among the wealthiest and most powerful people in California and in Europe she moved within cultural circles on both continents, always living by her own rules. At six feet tall she was an imposing presence but her lifestyle kept her out of the inner circle of San Francisco society. She discovered Rodins sculptures in Paris and made them the centerpiece of her new museum, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor and in Union Square today a column rises with a female figure dancing at the top (Alma). both signature gifts to the City,
Author | : Bernice Scharlach |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
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Alma de Bretteville Spreckels (1881-1968) rose from poverty to become one of San Francisco's most powerful women. Alma's humble beginnings and scandalous lifestyle would alienate her from the cream of San Francisco society: she became an artists' model, befriended European royalty, married sugar magnate Adolph Spreckels, lived in the grandest mansion in San Francisco, and at age fifty-seven chartered a plane and eloped with a cowboy. But that same larger-than-life personality was a fruitful asset in the many pursuits that claimed her passions, the most notable of which still stands high on the Golden Gate headlands. Big Alma celebrates the woman who brought Rodin's works to America and built the Palace of the Legion of Honor to hold them.
Author | : Juana Martinez-Neal |
Publisher | : Candlewick Press |
Total Pages | : 37 |
Release | : 2018-04-10 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1536205303 |
A 2019 Caldecott Honor Book What’s in a name? For one little girl, her very long name tells the vibrant story of where she came from — and who she may one day be. If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too many names: six! How did such a small person wind up with such a large name? Alma turns to Daddy for an answer and learns of Sofia, the grandmother who loved books and flowers; Esperanza, the great-grandmother who longed to travel; José, the grandfather who was an artist; and other namesakes, too. As she hears the story of her name, Alma starts to think it might be a perfect fit after all — and realizes that she will one day have her own story to tell. In her author-illustrator debut, Juana Martinez-Neal opens a treasure box of discovery for children who may be curious about their own origin stories or names.
Author | : Michigan. Office of Dairy and Food Commissioner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Dairying |
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Reports for 1898/99-1917/18 include also "Laws and decisions."
Author | : Michigan. Dairy and Food Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1915 |
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Author | : Ann Wheelock |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 256 |
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ISBN | : 0595226477 |
Author | : Michigan. Dairy and Food Dept |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Dairying |
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Author | : Max Evans |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780826327833 |
Madam Millie contains sordid details and frank language that will make many readers blush. It is unvarnished language, as recorded directly from Millie by Max Evans over a period of almost twenty years. It presents a complete picture of the business of prostitution as it was practiced in the west from the late 1920s to the mid 1970s, told by the most successful madam in the business.
Author | : Dorothy Miller Richardson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Women |
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Total Pages | : 1224 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Chester White swine |
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