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by T S Arthur (Author)

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2048915

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1406927465

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144

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Short excerpt: I have always been a happy man and always expect to be. Simon Slade takes the world as it comes and takes it easy.

Customer Review: A Classic Melodrama

Ten Nights In A Bar Room is the second most popular book of the mid-19th century after Uncle Tom's Cabin. It captures the spirit of the Temperance movement which fought the uncontrolled abuse of alcohol in American society. It is a melodrama, written almost as a play, and would be easy to adapt for stage performance from this book. It was performed many times as a play in in the 19th century by traveling theater companies. It is an easy read and is both revealing and unintentionally humorous. For those interested in understanding the mind-set of our ancestors, this book is very useful as primary source materal. It's values are those of the prim-and-proper class of people who felt themselves the mainstay of society. It's a fun read for history buffs and a great resource for period theater.

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