Year of Mud and Gold San Francisco in Letters and Diaries, 1849-1850

Name: Year of Mud and Gold San Francisco in Letters and Diaries, 1849-1850
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ISBN: 9780803262102

ISBN-10: 0803262108

ISBN-13: 9780803262102

Edition: 2003

Authors: William Benemann, William Benemann

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'A Year of Mud and Gold' is a collection of over 200 excerpts from the letters and diaries of ordinary men and women caught up in the transformation of San Francisco during the gold rush from a small Mexican outpost to a rough-and-tumble boom town of gamblers, prostitutes, preachers and entrepreneurs.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 10/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 241
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.836



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Street Map of San Francisco in 1850



First Impressions



The Ties that Bind



O, Don't You Cry for Me



Madmen, Drunkards, Murderers, and Whores



The Phoenix Rises



Men without Women



The Course of Empire



A Home in the West


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index