Mud, blood, and gold : San Francisco in 1849 /
Richards, Rand, -1949
Mud, blood, and gold : San Francisco in 1849 / Rand Richards. - San Francisco : Heritage House Publishers, 2008 - xiii, 272 pages, [30] page of plates : illustrations, maps 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-272).
Gold fever -- Arrival -- Necessities : lodging, food, water, and mail -- Carnival of greed -- Gambler's paradise -- Goddesses and whores -- Crime wave : the hounds -- Scoundrel time : civic chicanery -- Glimmers of civilization -- Ethnic stew -- Quagmire -- Fire! -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- Appendix A: Alcaldes of San Francisco, 1846-1850 -- Appendix B: Military governors of California, 1846-1849.
San Francisco in 1849 was a time and place like no other in American history. As word of the discovery of gold in California spread, people from all over the world descended on San Francisco--ground zero for the avalanche of humanity and goods pouring into the fabled El Dorado. There have been many books on the Gold Rush, but Mud, Blood, and Gold is the first to focus solely on San Francisco as it was at the peak of the gold frenzy. With a 'you are there' immediacy author Rand Richards vividly brings to life what San Francisco was like during the landmark year of 1849. Based on eyewitness accounts and previously overlooked official records, Richards chronicles the explosive growth of a wide-open town rife with violence, gambling, and prostitution, all of it fueled by unbridled greed. (Source: http://www.alibris.com)
9781879367067
2008011323
Frontier and pioneer life--California--San Francisco.
F 869.S357 / .Au1 2008
Mud, blood, and gold : San Francisco in 1849 / Rand Richards. - San Francisco : Heritage House Publishers, 2008 - xiii, 272 pages, [30] page of plates : illustrations, maps 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-272).
Gold fever -- Arrival -- Necessities : lodging, food, water, and mail -- Carnival of greed -- Gambler's paradise -- Goddesses and whores -- Crime wave : the hounds -- Scoundrel time : civic chicanery -- Glimmers of civilization -- Ethnic stew -- Quagmire -- Fire! -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- Appendix A: Alcaldes of San Francisco, 1846-1850 -- Appendix B: Military governors of California, 1846-1849.
San Francisco in 1849 was a time and place like no other in American history. As word of the discovery of gold in California spread, people from all over the world descended on San Francisco--ground zero for the avalanche of humanity and goods pouring into the fabled El Dorado. There have been many books on the Gold Rush, but Mud, Blood, and Gold is the first to focus solely on San Francisco as it was at the peak of the gold frenzy. With a 'you are there' immediacy author Rand Richards vividly brings to life what San Francisco was like during the landmark year of 1849. Based on eyewitness accounts and previously overlooked official records, Richards chronicles the explosive growth of a wide-open town rife with violence, gambling, and prostitution, all of it fueled by unbridled greed. (Source: http://www.alibris.com)
9781879367067
2008011323
Frontier and pioneer life--California--San Francisco.
F 869.S357 / .Au1 2008
