A bibilography of Emperor Norton, including books, magazines, newspapers, comics and web sites.

Home Index By Subject By Year Biographies The Gift Shop Joshua A. Norton So much has been written about Emperor Norton, and interest in this ninteenth-century character continues into the twenty-first century. Many of the decrees attributed to Norton I were fakes; written in jest by newspaper editors at the time for amusement, or for political purposes. Those decrees listed here were, we ...

Emperor Joshua Norton I The following is an excerpt from the Principia Discordia. I don't think a better explanation of who and what Emperor Norton was is in existence. Our borrowings from Christianity (well, actually, Christianity is a sect of Discordianism, so I guess we just borrowed from ourselves , but that wasn't adequately proven until recently) are so obvious that mention of them is ...

Home Index By Subject By Year Biographies The Gift Shop Adolph Sutro (1830-1898) Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro was born in Aachen, Prussia, April 29, 1830. He had an excellent education in the field of mining engineering. He arrived in San Francisco aboard the steamship California November 21, 1850, and immediately engaged in trade, first in San Francisco and later in Stockton. In 1859, when the ...