Oscar Lewis: 34 books

Book cover of Silver Kings
by Oscar Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012

Thousands of readers remember with pleasure Oscar Lewis’s fine book on the Western railroad robber barons, The Big Four. Silver Kings is a companion piece, dealing as it does with the big four of the Nevada Comstock Lode, one of the greatest of all silver mines. These were really fabulous men who...
Book cover of Big Four
by Oscar Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012

Here for the first time is told in a single volume one of the most remarkable stories in American history. An Eastener is never long in California without hearing something of “the big four”: four Sacramento shopkeepers—Collis P. Huntington, Lelan Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker—who...
Book cover of The Children of Sanchez

The Children of Sanchez

Autobiography of a Mexican Family

by Oscar Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011

A pioneering work from a visionary anthropologist, The Children of Sanchez is hailed around the world as a watershed achievement in the study of poverty—a uniquely intimate investigation, as poignant today as when it was first published. It is the epic story of the Sánchez family, told entirely...
Book cover of Sea Routes To The Gold Fields - The Migration By Water To California In 1849-1852
by Oscar Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013

This is of more specialized interest than Lewis's other books (Silver Kings, The Big Four etc.). This book draws from contemporary material in what was a most articulate migration for a portrayal of life aboard the coast bound steamers of 100 years ago. From the exuberant exodus to the voyage of many...
Book cover of Sea Routes to the Gold Fields
by Oscar Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012

Sea Routes to the Gold Fields tells the story of one of the most exciting mass movements in history: the migration by sea of the tens of thousands who joined the headlong race to California’s newly discovered gold fields. This work fills an important gap in the literature of the Gold Rush, for while...
Book cover of 30 Humorous Masterpieces you have to read before you die (Golden Deer Classics)
by Sinclair Lewis, P. G. Wodehouse, Oscar Wilde
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2017

This book,contains now several HTML tables of contents The first table of contents lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC. This book contains the following works arranged...
Book cover of 30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories (Golden Deer Classics)
by John Kendrick Bangs, Mark Twain, Golden Deer Classics
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2017

This book,contains now several HTML tables of contents The first table of contents lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC. This book contains the following works arranged...
Book cover of The Greatest British Classics Ever Written

The Greatest British Classics Ever Written

Diary of a Nobody, Sons and Lovers, Wuthering Heights, Alice in Wonderland, Heart of Darkness, Ulysses, Arms and the Man, The War of the Worlds, Howards End, Jude the Obscure, Hamlet…

by Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Charlotte Brontë
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018

This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Hamlet (Shakespeare) Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare) Macbeth (Shakespeare) Paradise Lost (John Milton) Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift) Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe) The History of...
Book cover of 50 Great Love Letters You Have To Read (Golden Deer Classics)
by Golden Deer Classics, Ludwig van Bethoveen, Oscar Wilde
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018

If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter speaks a thousand more . . . Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter. Love letters express the spectrum of our emotions, offering a colorful glimpse into the soul of the writer,...
Book cover of HALLOWEEN Boxed Set

HALLOWEEN Boxed Set

550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror. From Beyond… Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Rip Van Winkle The Spectre Bridegroom...
Book cover of 50 Meisterwerke Musst Du Lesen, Bevor Du Stirbst: Vol. 1 (Golden Deer Classics)
by Voltaire, Golden Deer Classics, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Language: German
Release Date: July 10, 2019

50 Meisterwerke Musst Du Lesen, Bevor Du Stirbst: Vol. 1 (Golden Deer Classics) Inhalt: Voltaire - Kandide oder Die beste aller Welten (1759) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Die Leiden des jungen Werther (1774) Joseph von Eichendorff - Ahnung und Gegenwart (1815) Mary Shelley - Frankenstein oder Der...
Book cover of Die großen Klassiker der englischen Literatur (40+ Titel in einem Buch)

Die großen Klassiker der englischen Literatur (40+ Titel in einem Buch)

Das Herz der Finsternis, Moby-Dick, Sturmhöhe, Sherlock Holmes, Stolz und Vorurteil, David Copperfield, Jane Eyre, Alice im Wunderland, Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit, Adam Bede, Robinson Crusoe, Walden...

by Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Emily Brontë
Language: German
Release Date: April 4, 2016

Dieses eBook: "Die großen Klassiker der englischen Literatur (40+ Titel in einem Buch)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Inhalt: Das Herz der Finsternis (Joseph Conrad) Stolz und Vorurteil (Jane Austen) Sturmhöhe...
Book cover of Perfect Love, Emotional Romance: A Heartwarming Collection of 100 Classic Poems and Letters for the Lovers (Valentine's Day 2019 Edition)
by William Shakespeare, Christina Rossetti, Walt Whitman
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2019

If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter or a poem speaks a thousand more... Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter or that of a poem. LIST OF POEMS: 1. Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved...
Book cover of Große Klassiker der englischen Literatur: 40+ Titel in einem Band

Große Klassiker der englischen Literatur: 40+ Titel in einem Band

Sturmhöhe, Sherlock Holmes, Stolz und Vorurteil, Das Herz der Finsternis, Moby-Dick, David Copperfield, Jane Eyre, Alice im Wunderland, Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit, Adam Bede, Robinson Crusoe, Walden...

by Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Emily Brontë
Language: German
Release Date: September 29, 2016

Dieses eBook: "Große Klassiker der englischen Literatur: 40+ Titel in einem Band" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Inhalt: Das Herz der Finsternis (Joseph Conrad) Stolz und Vorurteil (Jane Austen) Sturmhöhe...
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