An Emperor Among Us
The Eccentric Life and Benevolent Reign of Norton I, Emperor of the United States, as Told by Mark Twain
As cigar smoke hangs heavy in Mark Twain's sitting room, the members of the Monday Evening Club eagerly await his presentation, which they think will be the reading of his paper The Decay of the Art of Lying. Instead, Twain changes his mind and enthralls his audience with the true tale of one man's unconventional and fascinating journey through life. It is 1849 when a thirty-one-year-old Jewish South African immigrant sails into San Francisco Bay with forty thousand dollars in his pocket, coming to join the Gold Rush but eventually finding his fortune in real estate and commerce. Just a few short years after Joshua Norton finally realizes suc…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4759-6103-4
- EAN: 9781475961034
- Produktnummer: 19396089
- Verlag: iUniverse
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 180 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.3 cm 380 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 380
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