Phoenixiana: Or Sketches and BurlesquesGeorge Horatio Derby (1823-1861) of Massachusetts graduated from West Point in 1846 and served in the Army Topographical Engineers at Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo before being sent to California in 1856. He remained there for seven years, leading three exploring expeditions and winning a place as one of the state's first humorists with pieces published in the San Diego Herald and republished around the nation. Phoenixiana (1903) reprints a book originally published in 1855. It contains Derby's pieces as "Professor John Phoenixiana" and "Squibob," poking fun at such topics as military surveyors and explorers; contemporary travel accounts of the Mission Dolores, Benecia, Sonoma, San Francisco, and San Diego; literary societies and women's clubs; astronomy; and Army life. |
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... - A COUNTER CHALLENGE ANTIDOTE FOR FLEAS • PHOENIX AT THE MISSION DOLORES SQUIBOB IN BENICIA SQUIBOB IN SONOMA . SQUIBOB IN SAN FRANCISCO 81 86 88 95 • 106 111 PAGE • 119 PHOENIX INSTALLED EDITOR OF THE SAN DIEGO xiii.
... - A COUNTER CHALLENGE ANTIDOTE FOR FLEAS • PHOENIX AT THE MISSION DOLORES SQUIBOB IN BENICIA SQUIBOB IN SONOMA . SQUIBOB IN SAN FRANCISCO 81 86 88 95 • 106 111 PAGE • 119 PHOENIX INSTALLED EDITOR OF THE SAN DIEGO xiii.
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... BENICIA The Methodist Elder -- Dr . Tushmaker's Invention - Its Appli- cation Fatal Consequences Maritime Anecdote Schooner Two Susans and Miss Tarbox . LECTURES ON ASTRONOMY ( Continued ) - The PAGE 263 277 • • 287 Correspondence ...
... BENICIA The Methodist Elder -- Dr . Tushmaker's Invention - Its Appli- cation Fatal Consequences Maritime Anecdote Schooner Two Susans and Miss Tarbox . LECTURES ON ASTRONOMY ( Continued ) - The PAGE 263 277 • • 287 Correspondence ...
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... tion , and looking back timorously , like a jacksnipe , with his long bill . I shall write no more ; like that bill , I feel unsettled . Adieu ! SQUIBOB IN BENICIA SQUIBOB IN BENICIA BENICIA , October 1st PHOENIX AT THE MISSION DOLORES 93.
... tion , and looking back timorously , like a jacksnipe , with his long bill . I shall write no more ; like that bill , I feel unsettled . Adieu ! SQUIBOB IN BENICIA SQUIBOB IN BENICIA BENICIA , October 1st PHOENIX AT THE MISSION DOLORES 93.
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Or Sketches and Burlesques George Horatio Derby. SQUIBOB IN BENICIA SQUIBOB IN BENICIA BENICIA , October 1st , 1850 . SQUIBOB IN BENICIA.
Or Sketches and Burlesques George Horatio Derby. SQUIBOB IN BENICIA SQUIBOB IN BENICIA BENICIA , October 1st , 1850 . SQUIBOB IN BENICIA.
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Or Sketches and Burlesques George Horatio Derby. SQUIBOB IN BENICIA BENICIA , October 1st , 1850 . LEAVING the metropolis last evening by the " West gradually - increasing - in - popularity steamer , Point , ” I “ skeeted ” up Pablo Bay ...
Or Sketches and Burlesques George Horatio Derby. SQUIBOB IN BENICIA BENICIA , October 1st , 1850 . LEAVING the metropolis last evening by the " West gradually - increasing - in - popularity steamer , Point , ” I “ skeeted ” up Pablo Bay ...
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