[Gutenberg 48142] • The Adventures of Two Alabama Boys by Crumpton, H. J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Dedication Foreword. Part One

RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FAMILY LIFE. ARRIVAL IN ALABAMA. MOVED TO TOWN. CHANGE OF VOCATION. BECOMES A PRINTER. MEXICAN WAR. STARTS ON HIS WANDERINGS. THE GOLD EXCITEMENT. STARTS FOR THE FAR WEST. NEW ACQUAINTANCES. ANOTHER START WEST. STRIKES OUT ALL ALONE. A PLUNGE IN THE OVERFLOW. FELL IN WITH THE MILITARY. STRIKES HANDS WITH OLD FRIENDS. FOOD SCARCE. ALONE CONFRONTED BY INDIANS. ALONE AGAIN. REACHES CALIFORNIA. LOST HIS OXEN. IN GOD'S COUNTRY AT LAST. GOT A JOB. TO TAKE SAIL. HEARS SAD TIDINGS. NO PAY FOR SERVICES. AT ORO CITY. IN THE MINES. AT ROUGH-AND-READY. STARTS BACK HOME. IN A WRECK. ON TO PANAMA. IN NEW ORLEANS. FINDS HIS BROTHER. DETAINED IN MOBILE. IMMEDIATE ATTENTION IN CALIFORNIA, BACK TO THE MINES AGAIN. RETURNED TO ALABAMA, HIS OPINION ABOUT SLAVERY.

Part Two

HOW I BEGAN TO LECTURE.

Chapter I

I WAS WITHOUT AMBITION. "SUCKER, READY TO BITE AT ANY BAIT." MY BROTHER'S COUNSEL CAME TO MY AID: OFF TO SEA I WAS COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED.

Chapter Two

LOOKING FOR A JOB. A HOSTLER TO SAN FRANCISCO TAKING A SACK IN EACH HAND, I TRUDGED AWAY UP THE STREET. TO OAKLAND, "HURRAH FOR JEFF DAVIS!"

Chapter Three

MY FIRM RESOLVE THIS REQUIRED A LAY-OVER AT PITTSBURG, AT BELOIT, WISCONSIN, THE FALL OF FT. DONELSON,

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

THREE YEARS AFTER THEY SENT THE PISTOL TO ME, "THE ROAD IS FULL OF YANKEES." WENT FORTY-FIVE MILES THAT DAY. THERE CAME IN SUCH A MAN AS I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE OR SINCE HE WAS NOT A PRAYER-MEETING MAN REACHING OLD 'UNCLE McCULLOUGH'S,' I FELT LIKE ONE IN A DREAM. YOU PEOPLE, WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN PRAYER: MIND WAS MADE UP NOT TO REMAIN.

Chapter Six

RELEASED ON PAROLE. ON THE LOOKOUT. REACHES HELENA, ARK. BOARDED THE STEAMER. TAKES FEVER. BLACK COFFEE. FINDS ONE MAN WHO BELIEVED HIM. IN TEN MILES OF NEWTON. MY TROUBLES BEGAN AGAIN. THEN HE COMMENCED CURSING. REACHES HOME. "GOOBER PEAS"

Part Three Introduction Preface to Letters of the Second Trip Chapter I

OFF ON SECOND TRIP TO CALIFORNIA AFTER FORTY YEARS. MY HOME IN MARION, BUT LET ME BEGIN WITH MY TRIP. DRY DOCK "NOT ANOTHER BERTH GREAT SALT MINE BEAUMONT SAN ANTONIO THE ALAMO HE EXPECTS IT OF ME. THE NEXT TWO DAYS. "IT IS THE DRIEST, DULLEST RIDE I EVER TOOK." OUT IN THE BOUNDLESS PRAIRIE. AS WE NEAR THE DEL RIO, THE SEMINOLE CAVE CANON— WE BREAKFASTED AT EL PASO THE RIO GRANDE CONSUMPTIVE'S PARADISE AT LORDSBURG AT SAN SIMONS, TUCSON, PEOPLE GO TO EUROPE

Chapter II

IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. PLOWING MACHINE NOTED FOR ITS OIL. SAN FRANCISCO THE UNION FERRY DEPOT, FORT ALKATRAS SAUSALITO POOR HAND AT SIGHT-SEEING. SEAL ROCKS. THE GOLDEN GATE SUTRO BATHS AND MUSEUM CHINATOWN, THE UNITED STATES MINT. JAMES LICK THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY THE CLIMATE

Chapter Three

LOS ANGELES. "SEEING LOS ANGELES." THE RETURN "THE PIT" THE MIRAGE. OLD FORT YUMA RELIGIOUS MATTERS. BAPTISTS AN INTERESTING OCCURRENCE. PASTOR'S CONFERENCE, CALIFORNIA COLLEGE, ONE SERIOUS QUESTION Transcriber's note: