Tales of San Francisco : comprising San Francisco is your home, San Francisco kaleidoscope, and The streets of San Francisco / Samuel Dickson.
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TextPublication details: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 1968, c1957.Description: viii, 711 p. 22 cmLOC classification: - F 869.S3 .D561 1968
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3 volumes in 1.--Cover.
Reprint. Originally published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, c1957.
and dozens of others.
Bummer and Lazarus, two mongrel dogs that were officially declared "wards of the city"
Dr. Jones, who used to bathe himself in gold dust
Emperor Norton, a madam who was accepted and protected by the whole city
Jim Lee, a humble Chinese cook
Seventy-two colorful stories about the men and women, the places and events that have contributed to San Francisco's flamboyant history are included in this one-volume edition of Samuel Dickson's popular books. Among the famous personalities whose exploits and escapades are related are Ambrose Bierce, Lotta Crabtree, Black Bart, David Belasco, Shanghai Kelly, Isadora Duncan, Frank Norris, Luisa Tetrazzini, Jack London, and Robert Louis Stevenson. The author sketches with equal zest both the great and the relatively obscure-Bill O' Brien, who rose from a saloonkeeper to multimillionaire
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