William R Turner

Documents in Relation to Charges Preferred by Stephen J. Field and Others: Before the House of Assembly of the State of California, Against Wm. R. Tur William R Turner

Publisher Marketing: Title: Documents in relation to charges preferred by Stephen J. Field and others: before the House of Assembly of the state of California, against Wm. R. Turner, district judge of the Eighth Judicial District of California, California, 1851. Author: William R TurnerPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03555600CollectionID: CTRG01-B585PublicationDate: 18560101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 130 p., [3] leaves of plates (folded): port., facsims.; 19 cm Contributor Bio:  Turner, William R This ninety-seven-year-old author has a time line studded with notable events. He has worked with a pick and shovel and he has dined with celebrities. He has been a poultry farmer, a baker, a draftsman, and a teacher. He has worked on steam locomotives and has operated cracking stills in an oil refinery. During World War II, he developed new materials for the military and he taught women how to read blue prints so they could build planes, ships, and tanks. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he retired after thirty years as a research scientist, and then he served twenty-three years as a stock exchange member!