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The whiskey merchant's diary : an urban life in the emerging Midwest /

"Joseph J. Mersman was a German American immigrant who aspired -- successfully -- to become a self-made man. In 1847, at the age of twenty-three, Mersman began recording his activities in a bound volume, small enough to fit into his coat pocket. His diary, filled with work and play, eating and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mersman, Joseph J., 1824-1892
Otros Autores: Fisher, Linda A., 1947-2006
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2007.
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505 0 |a Prologue : Two immigrant families and their start in America -- Jenkins's boarding house : 8 November 1847-31 December 1847 -- Theater and circus : 1 January 1848-11 March 1848 -- Music and dancing : 12 March 1848-29 April 1848 -- The Miami and Erie Canal : 30 April 1848-5 May 1848 -- Cigars and saloons : 6 May 1848-9 August 1848 -- In charge of the store : 10 August 1848-1 October 1848 -- Mosher's boarding house : 2 October 1848-28 November 1848 -- Farewell to Cincinnati : 17 December 1848-17 February 1849 -- Starting in St. Louis : 18 February 1849-2 August 1849 -- Seeking a cure : 7 August 1849-19 June 1850 -- Courtship and marriage : 24 June 1850-11 April 1852 -- Settling down : 18 July 1853-25 September 1864 -- Epilogue: the rest of the story. 
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