Jenny Lind

On the 15th day of May, 1851, I took a little boat, called the Jenny Lind, and came to Sacramento, and I then started to the mines.

Life and Adventures of James Williams, a Fugitive Slave, with a Full Description of the Underground Railroad 1873

Barnum in the late 1990's, yes, the same guy who once kept the circus elephants within the city when not performing, and promoted the singer Jenny Lind and, of course, Thom Thumb.

Mary Ann West: Did Your Vote Count? Mary Ann West 2010

She would be more famous than Jenny Lind, and that fame would be tied to a ramshackle clapboard house she passed hundreds of times without noticing it.

Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010

Her powerful dreams of finding fame and fortune as a writer—of being as famous as Jenny Lind or as talented as Charlotte Brontë—seemed to be slowly devoured by circumstance.

Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010

Once home to giant industrial complexes and the infamous huckster P.T. Barnum in the late 1990's, yes, the same guy who once kept the circus elephants within the city when not performing, and promoted the singer Jenny Lind and, of course, Thom Thumb.

Mary Ann West: Did Your Vote Count? Mary Ann West 2010

The first two theaters burned down, possibly for the insurance money, and Maguire sold the third to the city of San Francisco for two hundred thousand dollars in a deal that was so overtly shady it became known as the “Jenny Lind Swindle” or “Jenny Lind Juggle” and brought down the administration of Mayor David C. Broderick.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

Louisa wanted to be famous, as famous as Jenny Lind, she said, and her sisters believed that one day she would be.

Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010

The first two theaters burned down, possibly for the insurance money, and Maguire sold the third to the city of San Francisco for two hundred thousand dollars in a deal that was so overtly shady it became known as the “Jenny Lind Swindle” or “Jenny Lind Juggle” and brought down the administration of Mayor David C. Broderick.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

In the way of business—on behalf of one his clients, the singer Jenny Lind.

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

In the way of business—on behalf of one his clients, the singer Jenny Lind.

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009