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The title character, a family man named joe morgan, has a daughter who is very sick and visits the new doctor in town at the local hotel and bar. Free shipping get free shipping free 58 day shipping within the u. Since your force is in the direction the book moves, the work you do on the book is given by. Like the drunkard, ten nights in a barroom by timothy shay arthur was a popular temperance melodrama during the 1850s.
Wrote ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there, which became a. Being the book is not dated, it is probably not a first edition though. Ten nights in a barroom broadway play original ibdb. Ten nights in a bar room, an american film by the thanhouser company. Ten nights in a barroom was a financial success for arthur and became the second most popular book of the victorian era, following uncle toms cabin. This is a heavyhanded moral book, preaching against the evils of drink, and the first half of the book does have its fair share of angelic child melodrama. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s. Ten nights in a barroom occasionally wanders away from its tenpart struc ture, has too much preachy dialogue, but was immensely popular as a temperance document in its time, and is powerful even today. It is a melodrama, written almost as a play, and would be easy to adapt for stage performance from this book.
Ten nights in a bar room, an american film by the selig company. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikipedia. Originally published in 1854, ten nights in a barroom was the most important american temperance novel, rivaling uncle toms cabin for popularity at the time. His alcoholism is having a major impact on his family and especially his youngest daughter who usually has to go to the bar and beg him to come home. Oconnor disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ten nights in a barroom. N either slade nor his son was present at the breakfasttable on the next morning. Ten nights in a barroom original 1930s cardboard movie poster 14 x 22 4520 arville st. Next day, the townspeople vote to buy and destroy all liquor in cedarville and prohibit any future sales of liquor therein.
Dictionary of famous books and authors 1904 containing the famous books, date of birth and birthplace of celebrated authors, sir john lubbocks list of the best books, a list of literary pseudonyms, a list of great mens works, etc. Can you tell me the name and city of the publisher, the size of the book, the color of the covers, and the number of pages. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Small wonder that the book became a kind of dry bible. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there is an 1854 novel written by american author timothy shay arthur plot. Ten nights in a barroom, an 1858 play by william w. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 a man begins drinking after he is swindled out of his mill. Read the full synopsis of ten nights in a bar room, 1931, directed by william oconnor, with william farnum, thomas santschi, patty lou lynd, at turner classic movies. This file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it.
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