The Soldier Joker George Horatio Derby

Author : Richard A. Paskowitz, M.D.
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1304715981
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Soldier Joker George Horatio Derby written by Richard A. Paskowitz, M.D. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-12-14 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derby was a soldier, cartographer, humorist, engineer, and practical joker. He surveyed the Sacramento Valley, the Tulare Valley, San Diego Harbor, the mouth of the Colorado River. His humor concepts were used and "expanded" by Mark Twain. He knew and interacted with General Winfield Scott, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Tecumseh Sherman. He was a classmate of George Pickett, George McClellan, and Stonewall Jackson. Derby lived in San Diego from 1853-54 in the Derby-Pendleton House, now located on the Whaley House grounds.

Author : George Horatio Derby
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1435773632
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldier Joker the Essays written by George Horatio Derby and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Paskowitz
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1435754751
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldier Joker the Cartoons written by Richard Paskowitz and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-09-09 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Horatio Derby was a soldier, a cartographer,a humorist, and an artist.This book is a compilation of cartoons depicting Derby art (aka Squibob, aka John Phoenix)Many of the drawings are Derby's. Some drawings are done by others. All celebrate the talent of George Horatio Derby (1823-1861)

Author : Paskowitz M D
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1435724747
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldier Joker the Legacy written by Paskowitz M D and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-07-23 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Horatio Derby (1823-1861) attended West Point 1842-1846. George met Charles and Martha Hitchcock. Their daughter was Lillie Hitchcock (Coit). The Hitchcocks and Samuel Clemens would be friends. Mark Twain would be affected by George Derby. The Hitchcock Legacy lives in The Charles and Martha Hitchcock Graduate Lectureship at U.C.Berkeley. The Lillie Hitchcock Coit Legacy is in the form of Coit Tower in San Francisco, The legacy of Sam Clemens is in the form of Mark Twain. The Legacy of George Horatio Derby is in the form of books- Phoenixiana and The Squibob Papers. His humor touched his contemporaries: General Winfield Scott, U.S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, W.T. Sherman, along with his classmates McClellan, Jackson, and Pickett. His legacy as a Topographical Engineer includes maps and surveys of California. He built five Lighthouses on the Alabama Gulf Coast. The major suspect in the cause of Derby's death is mercury poisoning.

Author : Richard Paskowitz
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1435725042
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldier Joker the 1849 Surveys written by Richard Paskowitz and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Horatio Derby (1823-1861) aka John Q.Phoenix, aka SquibobLieutenant Topographical Engineers of the United States Army. He surveyed and mapped the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys in 1849. This volume combines Derby's cartographicand literary skills (his "day" job). Derby observed and describedfirst hand the events, people, and places of the early CaliforniaGold Rush. He surveyed Camp Far West, described Sutter's HockFarm, stayed at Johnson's Crossing, and stood on theNorth Butte of the Sutter Buttes. He was at Coloma, Jamestown, Mormon'sIsland, Cordua Bar, and Rose Bar in 1849 and illustrated the gold mining process as it was occuring. He mappedthe courses of the Feather,Yuba, Bear, and Sacramento Rivers.He viewed and described the emigrants in 1849 as they arrived inCalifornia. His humorous writings as John Phoenix and Squibob werebased on first hand experiences surveying the Yuba-Sutter area.(Thiswas ten years before Mark Twain arrived in California.)

Author : Richard A. Paskowitz, M.D.
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 130406039X
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldier Joker A Bright Light written by Richard A. Paskowitz, M.D. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pensacola Lighthouse was built by Lt. George Horatio Derby (The Soldier Joker). He was the 8th District Lighthouse Engineer (1857-1859). The Pensacola Lighthouse that was lit in 1859 survived the Civil War (including bombardment), two lightning strikes, an earthquake, and ALL of the hurricanes and tornadoes that have plagued the Gulf Coast. He was the Engineer of record for the lighting of the lighthouses of Sand Island and Pensacola on January 1, 1859.

Author : Jody C. Baumgartner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440854866
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Political Humor [2 volumes] written by Jody C. Baumgartner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set surveys the profound impact of political humor and satire on American culture and politics over the years, paying special attention to the explosion of political humor in today's wide-ranging and turbulent media environment. Historically, there has been a tendency to regard political satire and humor as a sideshow to the wider world of American politics—entertaining and sometimes insightful, but ultimately only of modest interest to students and others surveying the trajectory of American politics and culture. This set documents just how mistaken that assumption is. By examining political humor and satire throughout US history, these volumes not only illustrate how expressions of political satire and humor reflect changes in American attitudes about presidents, parties, and issues but also how satirists, comedians, cartoonists, and filmmakers have helped to shape popular attitudes about landmark historical events, major American institutions and movements, and the nation's political leaders and cultural giants. Finally, this work examines how today's brand of political humor may be more influential than ever before in shaping American attitudes about the nation in which we live.

Author : Richard Paskowitz
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 125779745X
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldier Joker Cerro Gordo of the Mexican War written by Richard Paskowitz and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOLDIER JOKER Cerro Gordo of the Mexican War 1. The battle that won the war. 2. The war that won the continent. 3. The battle that made the man---Robert E. Lee 4. The plan that won the battle. 5. The war that served as a training ground for the Civil War. 6. The forgotten letter by the forgotten man of the forgettable war that led to the war that divided us. 7. The letter written by the Father of American Wit (He ante-dated Mark Twain by ten years).

Author : Richard A. Paskowitz, M.D.
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312289953
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldier Joker Phoenix in Astoria written by Richard A. Paskowitz, M.D. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Phoenix aka Lieutenant George Horatio Derby was in Oregon during the years 1855-1856. He was in charge of building roads in what was wilderness. While there the wildly successful book PHOENIXIANA was published. No book tour for Phoenix. He dealt with the government bureaucracy and lack of support. He kept his humor and satire intact. This book supports his satire and his precision, inherent in an engineer.

Author : Richard Paskowitz
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105518779
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE FATHER OF AMERICAN WIT written by Richard Paskowitz and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Horatio Derby, also known as John Phoenix and as Squibob, is the Father of American Wit. He influenced Mark Twain.Modern comedy owes a debt to John Phoenix (for example Andy Kaufman and Jim Carey).Laugh out loud at his wit;enjoy his humor, as relevant now as it was 160 years ago.Discover for your self this master of the use of the English language.The last book that Abraham Lincoln read was by John Phoenix. Theodore Roosevelt said he could be tested on Phoenix's books. Both men enjoyed his humor.Many of the stories contained in this book have never been published.Several stories were written at Andover in the 1830's. Some were written while Derby was at the Military Academy at West Point (Class of 1846)He was truly a SOLDIER JOKER. Humor dissected ceases to be funny. In these pages, Derby's humor is special and is great fun, and is left to speak for itself without annotation. Your role in reading this book is to enjoy.