California Life Illustrated
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The cot, tent, and all were not four feet high. There was one of this kind during the winter of 1849-50 near where I lived on Jackson-street. In the morning I could see the fellow crawl out of his cot from under his little tent, sometimes head foremost ; at other times his feet would first appear. While I have seen large SOCIAL LIFE. 169 tents carried before the blast, ridge-pole, rigging and all, this little tent, which looked like a covered grave, stood the storms of winter without moving a p...in.
The various classes thus described are not made up of the isolated cases, but represent the great mass of the early denizens of the golden land ; men who wore check-shirts, and gray or red flannel, instead of coats ; trowsers, fastened up by a leather-girdle, such as was worn by John the Baptist, and they were planted down to their knees into the coarsest boots the market afforded. These were the men who, but a few months before, were known among their friends at home as doctors, lawyers, judges, and mechanics, clothed in broadcloth and fine linen, each one a center of social light and life, around which daily revolved the beautiful and gay, fair daughters, sisters, and wives.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The cot, tent, and all were not four feet high. There was one of this kind during the winter of 1849-50 near where I lived on Jackson-street. In the morning I could see the fellow crawl out of his cot from under his little tent, sometimes head foremost ; at other times his feet would first appear. While I have seen large SOCIAL LIFE. 169 tents carried before the blast, ridge-pole, rigging and all, this little tent, which looked like a covered grave, stood the storms of winter without moving a p...in.
The various classes thus described are not made up of the isolated cases, but represent the great mass of the early denizens of the golden land ; men who wore check-shirts, and gray or red flannel, instead of coats ; trowsers, fastened up by a leather-girdle, such as was worn by John the Baptist, and they were planted down to their knees into the coarsest boots the market afforded. These were the men who, but a few months before, were known among their friends at home as doctors, lawyers, judges, and mechanics, clothed in broadcloth and fine linen, each one a center of social light and life, around which daily revolved the beautiful and gay, fair daughters, sisters, and wives.
What to read after California Life Illustrated?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Taylor to read onlineMoreLess
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