Whiskey Merchant's Diary

An Urban Life in the Emerging Midwest

Autor: Joseph J. Mersman

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Editura: Ohio University Press

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Joseph J. Mersman was a liquor merchant, a German American immigrant who aspired - with success - to...

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Autor

Joseph J. Mersman

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2007

Pagini

432

EAN

9780821417461

ISBN

0821417460

Enbook ID

04935531

Editura

Ohio University Press

Greutate

638

Dimensiuni

235 x 160 x 30

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Joseph J. Mersman was a liquor merchant, a German American immigrant who aspired - with success - to become a self-made man. The diary he kept from 1847 to 1864 provides an intriguing account of life in Cincinnati and St. Louis - America's emerging frontier. Outside of Gold Rush diaries and emigration journals, few narrative records of the antebellum period have been published. As a record of both the man and the time in which he lived, "The Whiskey Merchant's Diary" is a valuable resource for social historians, providing significant details about bachelorhood, whiskey making, ballroom dancing, circus history, card games, steamboat transportation, gender roles, theater history, and Victorian etiquette. The diary is also the story of a man who confronted serious disease, and his descriptions of cholera and syphilis are exceptional. Complemented by photographs, maps, and period advertisements, the diary reveals how a German American businessman worked to establish himself in his newly adopted country during an era that was rife with opportunity. Linda A. Fisher's professional training as a physician makes the public health aspect of this project particularly valuable, and her annotations throughout serve to emphasize the significance of Mersman's firsthand observations.

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