title: Back to Barbary Lane: The Final Tales of the City Omnibus
author:  Armistead Maupin 
description: An enormously talented writerwitty but always sympathetic, generous in showing us the secrets of his heart.... By writing about whats seemingly different Armistead Maupin always manages to capture whats so hilariously painfully true for all of us.- (Amy Tan)<br /><br />Perhaps the most sublime piece of popular literature America has ever produced. As with the Beatles, everyone seems to like Maupins talesand really, why would you want to find someone who didnt? (<i>Salon</i>)<br /><br />Tearing through [the tales] one after the other, as I did, allows instant gratification; it also lets you appreciate how masterfully theyre constructed. No matter what Maupin writes next, he can look back on the rare achievement of having built a little world and made it run. (<i>Village Voice Literary Supplement</i>)
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  # The Lady of the Gulf: A Romance of the City and the Seas
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### J. H. Ingraham
  
  
  This page copyright © 2001 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  CHAPTER I. The Hero patronizes the Three Gilt
  
  
  Balls. The Scenes therein. A Saloon near the Park.
  
  
  CHAPTER II. The Roulette Table, and the Inn.
  
  
  CHAPTER III. The Heir and the Mexican Captain.
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. The Story of the Adventurer.
  
  
  CHAPTER V. The Cruise.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. The Chase.
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. The Proa.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. The Captives.
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. The Nautical Lover.
  
  
  CHAPTER X. The Lover.
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. The Declaration.
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. The Planter's Villa.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. The Guests.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV The Mediation.
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. The Meeting.
  
  
  
  
  
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