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The Luck of Roaring Camp: Susy a Story of the Plains

Book by Bret Harte; P. F. Collier & Son, 1892

Subjects:

Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...WORKS OF BRET HARTE THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP SUSY A Story, of the...THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP 1...December 24, 1869. SKETCHES. THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP. T HERE was commotion in...
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Birkenau: The Camp of Death

Book by Marco Nahon, Jacqueline Havaux Bowers, Steven Bowman; University of Alabama Press, 1989

Subjects:

Auschwitz (Concentration Camp), Greece--Ethnic Relations, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Greece--Personal Narratives, Jews--Persecutions--Greece, Nahon, Marco--1895-

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...created: it is the great Extermination Camp of Hitlers Germany. First and foremost...make a new report. If he has the bad luck of not being able to rectify his error...October 1944 we are being sent to the camp of Stutthof in East Prussia. * At...
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The Frontier Camp Meeting: Religion's Harvest Time

Book by Charles A. Johnson; Southern Methodist University Press, 1955

Subjects:

Camp Meetings

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...The spectators wept and shouted; many fell "roaring to the ground." The colonial revivalists...the continuous religious services a time of social relaxation and companionship. Finally, the camp regulations of the Separate Baptists closely...
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Roaring Days: Rossland's Mines and the History of British Columbia

Book by Jeremy Mouat; University of British Columbia Press, 1995

Subjects:

Mineral Industries--British Columbia--Rossland--History, Rossland (B.C.)--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...that Wrights life was an unusual one, and he later told bizarre tales of escapes from Native attacks, incredible strokes of luck, and so on. 15 Whatever the veracity of these stories, by the late 1880s he was a wealthy man, and in 1889 he returned...
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Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things

Book by Henry Van Dyke; Scribners Sons, 1900

Subjects:

Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the only possible form of talk that we arrived...sitting be. side a roaring camp-fire. But after all...morrow. There is great luck in this affair of looking for flowers...describes the singular luck that a friend of his enjoyed, year after...

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The Feminization of Roaring Camp: Bret Harte and the American Woman's Home

Journal article by Axel Nissen; Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 34, 1997

Subjects:

American literature--Analysis, Beecher, Catharine E.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., California--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Family in literature--Analysis, Harte, Bret--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sex role in literature--Analysis, The American Woman's Home (Essay)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Luck of Roaring Camp (Short story)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...his landmark collection The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches (1870...worldwide circulation was "The Luck of Roaring Camp," published in August 1868...correctly observes, in "The Luck of Roaring Camp" Harte incorporates elements...
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Capitalism, Nationalism, and the American Short Story

Journal article by Joseph Urgo; Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 35, 1998

Subjects:

American literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Authors, American--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Capitalism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Nationalism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Short stories--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...published Hartes story, "The Luck of Roaring Camp." The issue traveled East by...The Luck of Roaring Camp" was almost censored by the...of California to it. In "The Luck of Roaring Camp," California is a wild place...
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Reading and Riding the Post-Scientific Wave: The Shorter Fiction of David Foster Wallace

Journal article by James Rother; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 13, 1993

Subjects:

Literature, Modern--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Postmodernism (Literature)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Wallace, David Foster--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...circulation, "full of the dry chemical wind of roaring copier and rattling automatic collator...simple. The remark the Griffin aide-de-Camp makes to the storys co-protagonist Faye Goddard - "The mystery of total data, that mystery made a sort...
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Reworking Race, Class, and Gender into Pacific Northwest History

Journal article by Laurie Mercier; Frontiers - A Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 22, 2001

Subjects:

Ethnic groups--Western United States, Pacific Northwest--History, Regionalism--Western United States, Sex role--Western United States, Sex roles--Western United States, Women--Western United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...studies that put race, ethnicity, and gender at the forefront of the miners world include Susan Lee Johnson, Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush (New York: W. W. Norton, 2000); Jameson, All That Glitters; Allen Seager and Adele...
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Entertaining Citizenship: Masculinity and Minstrelsy in Post-Emancipation San Francisco

Journal article by Lynn M. Hudson; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 93, 2008

Subjects:

Abolition of slavery, African American men--Social aspects, Black-white relations, Citizenship--Analysis, Masculinity--Analysis, Minstrel shows--History, Minstrel shows--Social aspects, San Francisco, California--Social aspects, Slavery--Emancipation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...NOTES (1) For the best discussion of the meanings of drink in gold rush California, see Susan Lee Johnson, Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush (New York, 2001), especially chapter 3. (2) This decision was originally reported...

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The Meteorites

Magazine article by Brian Doyle; American Scholar, Vol. 67, Summer 1998

Subjects:

Camp counselors--Personal narratives, Camps (Recreation)--Social aspects, Camps--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...imagined the dark poetry of that act, the camp silent after hours, Andy emerging from his...working up to Dick Allen), taking a couple of practice cuts, selecting a young oak to...softball games, and once, by incredible luck, catching his fist in mid-blow (he was about...
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Improvisation: Wising Up: Investigations of Slang by the Editor of the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang

Magazine article by J.E. Lighter; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 283, March 2000

Subjects:

English language, Slang

Collections: Entire Library

...eighteenth century, but the spelling with a "v" got a boost in the 1870s from Bret Harte, the popular author of "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and dozens of other California tales. Interest in the contents of politicians noggins (long ago the word referred...
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Some Americans in London

Magazine article by John Gross; New Criterion, Vol. 24, September 2005

Subjects:

Americans--History, Americans--Personalities, London, England--History, London, England--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...has written a whole book entitled Ezra Pounds Kensington). So, less expectedly, does Bret Harte: the author of The Luck of Roaring Camp spent his last years in Bayswater, not far from where Kate Croys aunt is supposed to have had a house in The Wings...
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Word Improvisation

Magazine article by J. E. Ligher; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, March 2000

Subjects:

New words--History, Words, New--History

Collections: Entire Library

...eighteenth century, but the spelling with a "v" got a boost in the 1870s from Bret Harte, the popular author of "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and dozens of other Cali-fornia tales. Interest in the contents of politicians noggins (long ago the word referred...
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America Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center: Pt 2: The Rush to Recover

Magazine article by William Langewiesche; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 290, September 2002

Subjects:

World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001

Collections: Entire Library

...escaped to a Jewish summer camp, which he enjoyed, and where as a teenager, at the end of his final year, he was caught...obvious that the reserves of luck had already been used up...The days passed in a blur of roaring machinery and impromptu...

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THE ROARING TWENTIES; SCOTS AT THE UNDER-20s WORLD CUP... Fired-Up Kids Are Going for Goals That Could Keep the Dream Alive

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), July 7, 2007

Subjects:

Professional soccer

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

THE ROARING TWENTIES; SCOTS...unrest in the camp over the tactics...carry the bit of luck that we have...to claim one of the four best-placed...side have had no luck in the tournament...incredible the bad luck we have carried...the strengths of the opposition...
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Football: Ace Duffy Says Bairns Needed a Spot of Good Luck to Get Win; ROSS CO 0 FALKIRK 1

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), October 4, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Needed a Spot of Good Luck to Get Win; ROSS CO 0...fury in the Ross County camp. Home manager Alex Smith...vented his anger at the use of inexperienced referees...The Dingwall side came roaring out in the first half...the penalty. It was more of a case of their boy using...
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Black Mountain Respite; Treasures of North Carolina Open to Hikers, Bikers, Campers

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 21, 2007

Subjects:

Hiking

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...those memorable campfires. The camp hosts also sell detailed area...you to Setrock Creek Falls. Roaring Falls is a short drive and less...provide interesting overviews of local wildlife and plants. If...of fish to test ones skill or luck, trout fishing is king in the...
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Outdoors; Gene Mueller's Weekend Fishing Report

Newspaper article by Gene Mueller; The Washington Times, September 10, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...doing in the upper reaches, but around Roaring Point, in the mouth, youll hook snapper...has seen a decline in bass catches, some of it perhaps caused by the recent tropical...Route 50 to Ocean City). With a little luck and gentle winds, the fishing should resume...
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Travel Holiday Parks: Say Goodbye to Hi-De-Hi, Hello to Value; Holiday Camps

Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), April 25, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...together and, with luck, the adults get...began as holiday camp entertainers include...kids can have a roaring time with tiger...with a range of clubs on offer...Each holiday camp has a range of bars and entertainment...Haven. Kids have a roaring time with Rory...

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Harte, Bret

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...short stories and verse first appeared. He gained enormous success with the publication of "The Luck of Roaring Camp," the first of his picturesque stories of Western local color, and with such later stories as "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" and "Brown...

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