The Whiskey Merchant's Diary
An Urban Life in the Emerging Midwest
Joseph J. Mersman was a liquor merchant, a German American immigrant who aspired— with success— to become a self-made man. The diary he kept from 1847 to 1864 provides an intriguing account of life in Cincinnati and St. Louis— America’ s emerging frontier. Outside of Gold Rush diaries and emigration journals, few narrative records of the antebellum period have been published. As a record of both the man and the time in which he lived, The Whiskey Merchant’ s Diary is a valuable resource for social historians, providing significant details about bachelorhood, whiskey making, ballroom dancing, circus history, card games, steamboat transportatio…
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Weitere Autoren: Fisher, Linda A. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8214-1746-1
- EAN: 9780821417461
- Produktnummer: 2812234
- Verlag: Ohio University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 432 S.
- Masse: H16.0 cm x B23.5 cm x D3.0 cm 638 g
- Gewicht: 638
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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