Who Would Have Thought It?

Who Would Have Thought It?
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"Who Would Have Thought It?" details the struggles of a Mexican-American girl born in Indian captivity, Lola, in an American society obsessed with class, religion, race and gender. The first part of the book follows the central family in the years leading up to the start of the American Civil War and the attack on Fort Sumter (1857–1861), and flashbacks are meant to take the readers back further than that time line, such as the kidnapping of Lola's mother in 1846. The second part chronicles the events that took place during the Civil War (1861–1864). Each chapter focuses on a particular character and is told from an omniscient point of view. Who Would Have Thought It? is a semi-autobiographical novel written by María Ruiz de Burton and it reflects the author's ambiguous position between the small in number Californio elite and the Anglo-American populace, which form the majority of the United States population.

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María Ruiz de Burton. Who Would Have Thought It?

Who Would Have Thought It?

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I. THE ARRIVAL

CHAPTER II. THE LITTLE BLACK GIRL

CHAPTER III. THE MYSTERIOUS BIG BOXES

CHAPTER IV. WHAT THE MYSTERIOUS BOXES CONTAINED

CHAPTER V. THE ROUGH PEBBLES

CHAPTER VI. LOLA COMMENCES HER EDUCATION

CHAPTER VII. LOLA'S MOTHER

CHAPTER VIII. THE TROPHIES OF MILTIADES DO NOT LET ME SLEEP."

CHAPTER IX. POTATIONS, PLOTTING, AND PROPRIETY

CHAPTER X. HOW A VIRTUOUS MÅTRON WAS KEPT AWAKE

CHAPTER XI. MRS. NORVAL DID NOT ENJOY HER BUCKWHEAT-CAKES, AND JULIAN WOULDN'T WRITE ANY MORE POETRY

CHAPTER XII. SOMETHING ABOUT THE SPRIG PEDIGREE

CHAPTER XIII. WHAT MR. ISAAC SPRIG FOUND AT THE OFFICE. "DEAD-LETTER OFFICE"

CHAPTER XIV. THE DOCTOR WAS REWARDED FOR LISTENING TO MR. HACKWELL'S SERMON

CHAPTER XV. MRS. NORVAL'S HIGH PRINCIPLES BEGIN THEIR WORK

CHAPTER XVI "VENI, VIDI, VICI."

CHAPTER XVII. JULIUS CÆSAR CACKLE, A MODERN DARIUS

CHAPTER XVIII. LAVINIA TO THE RESCUE

CHAPTER XIX. MRS. NORVAL'S HIGH PRINCIPLES ON THE RAMPAGE

CHAPTER XX. LAVINIA OUTDOES THE SPARTAN WOMEN

CHAPTER XXI. JULIAN AND HACKWELL INSPECT THE HORRID SPOTS

CHAPTER XXII "THE AWFUL LITTLE BELL" DESCRIBED BY MRS. CACKLE

CHAPTER XXIII "IT MAY BE FOR YEARS, AND IT MAY BE FOREVER."

CHAPTER XXIV. LAVINIA'S EXPERIENCES IN WASHINGTON

CHAPTER XXV. AT THE CAPITOL.MR. CACKLE AT HOME

CHAPTER XXVI "MUST ISAAC BE LEFT TO STARVE?"

CHAPTER XXVII. NO, ISAAC SHALL NOT BE LEFT TO STARVE

CHAPTER XXVIII. MR. HACKWELL AND THE MADAM CONSOLE EACH OTHER

CHAPTER XXIX. LAVVY'S EXPERIENCE AS HOSPITAL NURSE

CHAPTER XXX. CAPTAIN HACKWELL BECOMES A HERO AND IS BREVETED

CHAPTER XXXI. THE MAJOR IS THE OBJECT OF GREAT SOLICITUDE

CHAPTER XXXII. MRS. NORVAL'S CONSCIENCE SPEAKS LOUDLY

CHAPTER XXXIII. MRS. NORVAL'S CONSCIENCE WAXES DICTATORIAL.-SHE OBEYS

CHAPTER XXXIV. MRS. NORVAL'S VIRTUOUS IMPULSE REWARDED

CHAPTER XXXV. MESSRS. WAGG AND HEAD TRAVEL TOGETHER

CHAPTER XXXVI. THE RETURNED PRISONERS, AND WHAT THEY SAID

CHAPTER XXXVII. MRS. NORVAL'S MENTAL DEBUT

CHAPTER XXXVIII. IN WHICH THE MAJOR, LIKE YORICK, WAS A FELLOW OF INFINITE HUMOR

CHAPTER XXXIX. JULIAN CARRIES THE WAR INTO AFRICA

CHAPTER XL. THE MAJOR'S STAFF

CHAPTER XLI. ISAAC IN THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY

CHAPTER XLII. SHAKE NOT THY GORY LOCKS AT ME. THOU CANST NOT SAY I DID IT."

CHAPTER XLIII. ISAAC IN THE LAND OF THE AZTECS

CHAPTER XLIV. BOUND FOR THE UNITED STATES

CHAPTER XLV. HOW JULIAN'S PATRIOTIC SONG WAS CUT SHORT

CHAPTER XLVI "OH, ROMEO, WHERE ART THOU? "JE PLEURE, ET LE ROI S'AMUSE!"

CHAPTER XLVII. JULIAN STATES HIS CASE TO THE PRESIDENT

CHAPTER XLVIII. HOOKER AND SKINNER, SOLICITORS AND. ATTORNEYS AT-LAW."

CHAPTER XLIX. LIEUTENANTS WAGG AND HEAD ENTER THE GRAND MONDE

CHAPTER L. LOLA HEARS IMPORTANT NEWS

CHAPTER LI. MADEMOISELLE MINA'S ACCIDENT

CHAPTER LII. JULIAN AT THE WHITE HOUSE

CHAPTER LIII. JULIAN'S FORTUNES TAKE A NEW TURN

CHAPTER LIV

CHAPTER LV. HIS EX-REVERENCE SHOWS THE CLOVEN FOOT

CHAPTER LVI. HE AWOKE ONE MORNING AND FOUND HIMSELF FAMOUS

CHAPTER LVII. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT?

CHAPTER LVIII. THE MAJOR BEFORE MRS. NORVAL'S CHAIR

CHAPTER LIX. JULIAN AND HACKWELL VIS-A-VIS

CHAPTER LX "IL N'Y A QUE LES MORTS QUI NE REVIENNENT PAS!"

CONCLUSION

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María Ruiz de Burton

My Story of the American Civil War (Autobiographical Novel)

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CHAPTER XXXI. THE MAJOR IS THE OBJECT OF GREAT SOLICITUDE.

CHAPTER XXXII. MRS. NORVAL'S CONSCIENCE SPEAKS LOUDLY.

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