Mud, blood, and gold
Subtitle: San Francisco in 1849
By: Rand Richards.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Heritage House Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781879367067
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- 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
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gold fever; title: Arrival; title: Necessities : lodging, food, water, and mail; title: Carnival of greed; title: Gambler's paradise; title: Goddesses and whores; title: Crime wave : the hounds; title: Scoundrel time : civic chicanery; title: Glimmers of civilization; title: Ethnic stew; title: Quagmire; title: Fire!; title: Epilogue; title: Chronology; title: Appendix A: Alcaldes of San Francisco, 1846-1850; title: Appendix B: Military governors of California, 1846-1849.