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, 2011 - xiii, 288 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Paperback reprint of 2008 edition.
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.
9781879367074 (pbk.) 9781879367067 (cloth edition)
2012450166
Primera Jornada de Catalogacion.
Frontier and pioneer life--California--San Francisco.
Vida de pioneros--California (Estados Unidos)--San Francisco.
San Francisco (Calif.)--History--19th century.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Social conditions--19th century.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Biography.
California--Gold discoveries.
California--History--1846-1850.
California--Biography.
San Francisco (California, Estados Unidos)--Siglo XIX .
San Francisco (California, Estados Unidos)--Vida social y costumbres--Siglo XIX.
San Francisco (California, Estados Unidos)--Condiciones sociales--Siglo XIX.
California--Biografías.
002 F 869 / R514m 2011
979.404
Mud, blood, and gold : San Francisco in 1849 / Rand Richards. - San Francisco : Heritage House Publishers, 2011 - xiii, 288 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Paperback reprint of 2008 edition.
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.
9781879367074 (pbk.) 9781879367067 (cloth edition)
2012450166
Primera Jornada de Catalogacion.
Frontier and pioneer life--California--San Francisco.
Vida de pioneros--California (Estados Unidos)--San Francisco.
San Francisco (Calif.)--History--19th century.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Social conditions--19th century.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Biography.
California--Gold discoveries.
California--History--1846-1850.
California--Biography.
San Francisco (California, Estados Unidos)--Siglo XIX .
San Francisco (California, Estados Unidos)--Vida social y costumbres--Siglo XIX.
San Francisco (California, Estados Unidos)--Condiciones sociales--Siglo XIX.
California--Biografías.
002 F 869 / R514m 2011
979.404