000 01730nam a2200265Ia 4500
001 201665
003 0000000000
005 20211104041621.0
008 110303t19681957 000 0 eng d
050 _aF 869.S3
_b.D561 1968
100 _aDickson, Samuel,
_d-1889
_9107484
245 0 _aTales of San Francisco :
_bcomprising San Francisco is your home, San Francisco kaleidoscope, and The streets of San Francisco /
_cSamuel Dickson.
260 _aStanford, CA :
_bStanford University Press,
_c1968, c1957.
300 _aviii, 711 p.
_c22 cm.
500 _a3 volumes in 1.--Cover.
500 _aReprint. Originally published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, c1957.
520 _a and dozens of others.
520 _a Bummer and Lazarus, two mongrel dogs that were officially declared "wards of the city"
520 _a Dr. Jones, who used to bathe himself in gold dust
520 _a Emperor Norton, a madam who was accepted and protected by the whole city
520 _a Jim Lee, a humble Chinese cook
520 _aSeventy-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
942 _cALR
999 _c78259
_d78259