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    Cowboys and coffin makers : one hundred 19th-century jobs you might have feared or fancied / by Coulter, Laurie

    Published 2007
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Powerful Changes -- No Idle Hands -- "The Most Beautiful Sight" -- The Clock That Fired the Sun -- Weird Job Titles of the 1800s -- Choosing a 19th-Century Career -- Exploration Jobs -- Mountain Man -- Mountain Woman -- Explorer -- Cartographer -- Frontier Jobs -- Storekeeper -- Frontier Farmer -- Frontier Farmer's Wife -- Peddler -- Schoolteacher -- Miller -- Life and Death Jobs -- Midwife -- Doctor -- Pharmacist -- Horse/Cow Doctor -- Coffin Maker -- Artisan Jobs -- Basket Maker -- Blacksmith -- Wheelwright -- Cooper -- Butcher -- Factory and Mill Jobs -- Seamstress -- Mill Worker -- Shoemaker -- Glassblower -- Machinist -- On-the-Water Jobs -- Cut-tail -- Shipbuilder -- Ship Biscuit Maker -- Lighthouse Keeper -- Dory Fisherman -- Whaleboat Boatheader -- Steamboat Pilot -- Canal Hoggee -- Going West Jobs -- Stonemason -- Wagon Train Leader -- Military Post Commander -- Prospector -- Boardinghouse Operator -- Laundress -- Forced Laborer -- Traveling-Here-and-There Jobs -- Stagecoach Driver -- Circuit Lawyer -- Lightning RodMan -- Limner -- Sweet-Tooth Jobs -- Sugar Plantation Owner -- Maple Syrup Producer -- Candy Maker -- Hokey-pokey Seller -- Dentist -- Slave Labor Jobs -- Field Slave -- House Slave -- Change-the-World Jobs -- Social Reformer -- Leader -- Inventor -- Wartime Jobs -- Military Surgeon -- Doughboy -- Nurse -- Submarine Commander -- Spy -- Photographer -- Railroad Jobs -- Locomotive Engineer -- Brakeman -- Construction Laborer -- Bridge Engineer -- Waitress -- Rock-Hard Jobs -- Salt Maker -- Coal Miner -- Ice Maker -- Breaker Boy -- Dinosaur Hunter -- Great-Outdoors Jobs -- Ranchwoman -- Cowboy -- Chuckwagon Cook -- Lawman -- Lumberjack -- National Park Ranger -- Up-and-Down Jobs -- Cable-Car Gripman -- Lineman -- Sandhog -- Elevator Man -- Fashion Jobs -- Milliner -- Department Store Owner -- Sweatshop Worker -- Ragpicker -- Working-for-the-City Jobs -- Firefighter -- Police Officer -- Entertaining Jobs -- Telegraph Operator -- Newspaper Publisher -- Dime Novel Writer -- Soda Fountain Owner -- Professional Baseball Player -- Wild West Show Performer -- Snake Charmer -- Actor -- Big-Business Jobs -- Robber Baron -- Socialite -- Architect -- Stenographer-Typist -- Office Clerk -- Telephone Operator -- Recommended Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index…”
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