Mud, blood, and gold
Subtitle: San Francisco in 1849
By: Rand Richards
Publisher: Heritage House Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781879367074
Subjects: Gold discoveries; Social life and customs; Frontier and pioneer life; Social conditions; Biography; History
Notes: Paperback reprint of 2008 edition.
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.