Big Alma

Big Alma
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,

Big Alma

Big Alma
Author: Bernice Scharlach
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1990
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

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.

Alma and How She Got Her Name

Alma and How She Got Her Name
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.

Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: Michigan. Office of Dairy and Food Commissioner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1914
Genre: Dairying
ISBN:

Reports for 1898/99-1917/18 include also "Laws and decisions."

Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: Michigan. Dairy and Food Commission
Publisher:
Total Pages: 442
Release: 1915
Genre:
ISBN:

Alma's Choice

Alma's Choice
Author: Ann Wheelock
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 256
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 0595226477

Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: Michigan. Dairy and Food Dept
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1914
Genre: Dairying
ISBN:

Madam Millie

Madam Millie
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.

The Tunnel

The Tunnel
Author: Dorothy Miller Richardson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1919
Genre: Women
ISBN: