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13-660: [REDACTED] Look up golden era in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Golden Era may refer to: The Golden Era , a 19th-century San Francisco newspaper Golden Era Building , a historic building in San Francisco, that once housed the newspaper of the same name Golden Era (Del the Funky Homosapien album) Golden Era (Rita Redshoes album) Golden Era Productions , an organization operated by

26-460: The Church of Scientology Golden Era Records , an Australian record label The Golden Era (film) Sino-British relations , often referred to as a "Golden Era" in the current time. See also [ edit ] Golden Age (disambiguation) Golden Years (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

39-472: The Coast". Twain later recalled that, as an editor, Harte struck "a new and fresh and spirited note" which "rose above that orchestra's mumbling confusion and was recognizable as music". In the 1860s, New Yorker Charles Henry Webb became the highest paid contributor to the magazine. In his regular column at the end of 1863, he announced that he and Harte "determined to start a paper" of their own. The result

52-697: The Golden Era . The paper was published in the "imperial size", an industry term. It measured 22 inches across and thirty inches high with easy to read pages that ran three columns across. According to Ben Tarnoff, "Readers expecting tales of honest miners, or lyrical tributes to California's landscape, would be disappointed. Like Harte himself, the Californian took pleasure in puncturing cliches. It could be populist or aristocratic, radical or conservative--but always contrarian." The publication featured poetry and condensed novels by Harte—these poked fun at

65-618: The Rocky Mountains". The Golden Era began in 1852 as a weekly founded by Rollin M. Daggett and J. Macdonough Foard. In 1860 it was sold to James Brooks and Joseph E. Lawrence. In the spring of 1860, they hired Bret Harte as editor and he focused on making it a more literary publication. He had previously published his first poem in the Golden Era in 1857 and, in October of that same year, his first prose piece on "A Trip Up

78-576: The literary styling of authors such as Charles Dickens , Mary Elizabeth Braddon and James Fenimore Cooper . Twain also contributed his condensed novels Whereas and Lucretia Smith's Soldier . Several other San Franciscan poets contributed including Harte, Charles Warren Stoddard and Ina Coolbrith . After a period of rest at Lake Tahoe , Webb resumed editing duties in November 1864. He continued in this role until April 1865. Twain submitted " The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County " which

91-470: The title Golden Era . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Golden_Era&oldid=1165266044 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Golden Era The Golden Era

104-407: Was a 19th-century San Francisco newspaper . The publication featured the writing of Mark Twain , Bret Harte , Charles Warren Stoddard (writing at first as "Pip Pepperpod"), Fitz Hugh Ludlow , Adah Isaacs Menken , Ada Clare , Prentice Mulford , Dan De Quille , J. S. Hittell and some women such as Frances Fuller Victor . Stoddard recalled the newspaper as "the chief literary organ west of

117-478: Was already a contributor, and her contributions became more numerous. In 1887, Wagner moved the periodical to San Diego, California —city officials enticed him with a $ 5,000 subsidy. The office for The Golden Era was located initially in the Golden Era Building on 742 Montgomery Street from 1852 until 1854; and later on Clay Street. The Californian (1860s newspaper) The Californian

130-538: Was in September 1867, a poem entitled "The Basilica". He followed with his first non-fiction essay, "Female Suffrage", in December. Charles Warren Stoddard was brought on board late in the life of The Californian . Stoddard expected to write articles, but instead kept the books and mailed subscriptions. Stoddard and Bierce became good friends. In 1867, Stoddard wrote a book of poetry entitled Poems . Bowman wrote

143-705: Was published in December 1865 (it had been originally published in the Saturday Press). This story and others were later published in a book of the same title. Webb had become both owner and editor of The Californian . By 1866, however, Webb disassociated from the publication and returned to the East Coast after his irreverent tone and burlesque style which frequently targeted California life and Californians did not endear him to his audience. Writer and poet James F. Bowman then served as de facto editor. Ambrose Bierce 's first contribution to The Californian

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156-538: Was started in May 1864 by publishers P.J. Thomas, A.A. Stickney and John Collner. Charles Henry "Inigo" Webb was the first editor, and Fitz Hugh Ludlow was one of the first contributors. Bret Harte was an editor, and Mark Twain was hired at a salary of $ 50 per month. Harte contributed articles as well, and the periodical jumped to the fore among its competitors in the San Francisco Bay Area including

169-638: Was the Californian , a weekly begun in May 1864, with Webb as publisher and Harte as star contributor and occasional editor. For the rest of the decade, The Golden Era and The Californian were significant rivals until Harte became the editor of the Overland Monthly in 1868. Harr Wagner bought the weekly in 1882. In January 1886, Wagner changed to monthly publication, and hired Joaquin Miller as editor. Wagner married poet Madge Morris who

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