Project Gutenberg 2004-10-22 Public domain in the USA. 115 Habberton, John 1842 1921 Romance of California Life Illustrated by Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic and Humorous The schoolteacher at Bottle Flat -- Jim Hockson's revenge -- Making his mark -- Codago -- The last pike at Jagger's Bend -- First prayer at Hanney's -- The new sheriff of Bunker County -- Major Martt's friend -- Buffle -- Metalette's section -- A story of Ten Mile Gulch -- Captain Sam's change -- Miss Fewne's last conquest -- Markson's house -- Grump's pet -- Wardelow's boy -- Tom Chafflin's luck -- Old Twitchett's treasure -- Blizzer's wife -- A boarding-house romance -- Retiring from business -- The Hardhack mistake -- The Carmi chums -- Little Guzzy -- A romance of Happy Rest -- Two powerful arguments -- Mr. Putchett's love -- The meanest man at Blugsey's -- Deacon Barker's conversion -- Joe Gatter's life insurance -- The temperance meeting at Backley -- Jude -- A love of a cottage -- The Bleighton rivals -- Budge and Toddie at Aunt Alice's -- Sailing up stream -- Free speech. E-text prepared by Gene Smethers and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Romance of California Life" by John Habberton is a collection of humorous and poignant sketches set in the mid-19th century, reflecting the lives and characters of people in California during the gold rush era. The book explores various narratives that blend both lightheartedness and serious themes, primarily focusing on the relationships, challenges, and adventures of its characters, including miners, teachers, and townsfolk. The beginning of the work introduces us to the small mining community of Bottle Flat, where the arrival of a new schoolteacher, Miss Huldah Brown, stirs up unexpected reactions among the miners who initially oppose her presence. As the miners gather to express their disdain, their plans to intimidate the teacher are derailed when she shows up, completely different from their expectations. Miss Brown's arrival sets off a series of events that lead the miners to reconsider their prejudices against education and women, creating a lighthearted yet insightful look into community dynamics and personal transformations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en California -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1073860 1056631 2024-09-06T09:10:08.009501 2023-10-06T10:45:40.699123 text/html text/html 1053075 2020-12-18T12:40:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3045493 2020-12-18T12:40:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2651200 2024-09-06T09:10:20.943417 application/epub+zip 2665485 2024-09-06T09:10:10.279499 application/epub+zip 434791 2024-09-06T09:10:08.997491 application/epub+zip 2984057 2024-09-06T09:10:28.866383 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2900300 2024-09-06T09:10:19.874476 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 693613 2022-09-07T13:07:47.572289 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 837159 837081 2024-09-06T09:10:04.772497 2023-10-06T10:45:37.477093 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 836904 2020-12-18T12:40:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 329574 2020-12-18T12:40:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 836913 2020-12-18T12:40:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 329571 2020-12-18T12:40:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21124 2024-09-06T09:10:29.025379 application/rdf+xml 14716 2024-09-06T09:10:09.396476 image/jpeg 4230 2024-09-06T09:10:09.195479 image/jpeg 3762935 2024-09-06T09:10:08.186482 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia