CONTENTS

Author’s Note

Introduction: In the Institutions of the Old

The Families

Chapter One: The Douglas Family: Spanish Brown with an Abundance of Whitewash

Chapter Two: The Skinner Family: Alas! Poor Bastion

Chapter Three: The Pemberton Family: In a Tin Canister

Chapter Four: The Crease Family: The Prosperous Western Outlet

Chapter Five: The O’Reilly Family: In a Whirl of High Society

Chapter Six: The Trutch Family: The Terms, the Whole Terms, and Nothing But the Terms

Chapter Seven: The Rithet Family: San Francisco in Miniature

Chapter Eight: The Barnard Family: The Keystone of the Great Confederation Arch

Intimate Details

Chapter Nine: Balls, Banquets, and Enlightened Entertainments

Chapter Ten: Costumes, Conveyances, and Conversations

Chapter Eleven: Residences, Rituals, and Rites

Chapter Twelve: And in Conclusion

Family Lineages

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Author