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The Splendid Idle Forties 

Stories of Old California 

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Gertrude AthertonThe Splendid Idle Forties (1902)
Stories of Old California
A collection of stories by Gertrude Atherton

 
These are stories of Old California, perhaps the best known collection of stories of that romantic period of California history when the incoming Americans were first intermingling with the Californians of rancho and presidio. Atherton's stories of love and death, bull and bear fights, moonlight meriendas, horse races and fancy dress balls, are increasingly meaningful and precious. They are truly classics of Californiana.

Gertrude Atherton was the daughter of a Yankee businessman from California and a southern belle. She spent the first thirty years of her life in and around San Francisco, a city whose history and destiny she utilized as the subject and background for her favorite character, the new western woman. Atherton's genius lay in her ability to tell an exciting story about a character or group of characters worthy of attention as they confronted the environmental and psychological circumstances of their lives. Now largely forgotten, novelist and short story writer Atherton at the height of her popularity often was ranked with Edith Wharton.





 
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Hardback Editions

February 2011 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1169837417Title: The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California
Author(s): Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
ISBN: 1-169-83741-7 / 978-1-169-83741-6
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
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September 2010 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1163221120Title: The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California
Author(s): Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
ISBN: 1-163-22112-0 / 978-1-163-22112-9
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August 2007 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1435323491Title: The Splendid Idle Forties (Stories of Old California)
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
ISBN: 1-4353-2349-1 / 978-1-4353-2349-0
Publisher: Indypublish.com
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May 2006 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1421977516Title: The Splendid Idle Forties (Stories of Old California)
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
ISBN: 1-4219-7751-6 / 978-1-4219-7751-5 (USA edition)
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December 2004 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1414234368Title: The Splendid Idle Forties
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
ISBN: 1-4142-3436-8 / 978-1-4142-3436-6 (USA edition)
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May 2004 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1432619322Title: The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
ISBN: 1-4326-1932-2 / 978-1-4326-1932-9
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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June 1981 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 083980069XTitle: Splendid Idle Forties
Author(s): Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
ISBN: 0-8398-0069-X / 978-0-8398-0069-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: Irvington Pub
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1915 : Hardback
Title: The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Co.
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January 1911 : Hardback
Title: The Splendid Idle Forties; Stories of Old California
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, NY
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1902 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B00085GLPKTitle: The Splendid Idle Forties Stories Of Old California
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
Publisher: Macmillan
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1902 : Hardback
Title: The Splendid Idle Forties
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
Publisher: Macmillan Co, New York
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Paperback Editions

September 2010 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 116264088XTitle: The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California
Author(s): Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
ISBN: 1-162-64088-X / 978-1-162-64088-4
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
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October 2008 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1438504470Title: The Splendid Idle Forties
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
ISBN: 1-4385-0447-0 / 978-1-4385-0447-6
Publisher: Book Jungle
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August 2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1435323610Title: The Splendid Idle Forties (Stories of Old California)
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
ISBN: 1-4353-2361-0 / 978-1-4353-2361-2
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May 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1421977362Title: The Splendid Idle Forties (Stories of Old California)
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
ISBN: 1-4219-7736-2 / 978-1-4219-7736-2 (USA edition)
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December 2004 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1414234376Title: The Splendid Idle Forties
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
ISBN: 1-4142-3437-6 / 978-1-4142-3437-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: Indypublish.com
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May 2004 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1417916095Title: The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
ISBN: 1-4179-1609-5 / 978-1-4179-1609-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Co
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February 2002 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1589636783Title: The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California, the
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
ISBN: 1-58963-678-3 / 9781589636781 (USA edition)
Publisher: Fredonia Books
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June 1982 : Paperback
Title: The Splendid Idle Forties (Americans in Fiction Series)
Author(s): Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
ISBN: 0-89197-947-6 / 978-0-89197-947-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: Irvington Pub
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January 1968 : Paperback
Title: The Splendid Idle Forties (Stories of Old California)
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
Publisher: IndyPublish
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1967 : Paperback
Title: Splendid Idle Forties (1902) (Americans in Fiction Series)
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
Publisher: The Gregg Press
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Other Editions

April 2010 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B003J359F6Title: The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
Publisher: B&R Samizdat.com
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November 2007 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B000YUMGDUTitle: The Splendid Idle Forties
Author(s): Gertrude Atherton
Publisher: Evergreen Review, Inc.
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