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Little Known Tales In San Francisco History
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Book Synopsis Little Known Tales in California History by : Alton Pryor
Download or read book Little Known Tales in California History written by Alton Pryor and published by Stagecoach Pub. This book was released on 1997 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has 41 different chapters on California's gold rush and development history. Read about The Lost Spanish Galleon, Pegleg Smith's Lost Gold Mine, Joaquin Murrieta, and railroad titans.
Book Synopsis Cool Gray City of Love by : Gary Kamiya
Download or read book Cool Gray City of Love written by Gary Kamiya and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A kaleidoscopic tribute to San Francisco by a life-long Bay Area resident and co-founder of Salon explores specific city sites including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Land's End sea cliffs while tying his visits to key historical events. By the author of Shadow Knights. 30,000 first printing.
Book Synopsis Little Known Tales in Hawaii History by : Alton Pryor
Download or read book Little Known Tales in Hawaii History written by Alton Pryor and published by Stagecoach Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Historic Walks in San Francisco by : Rand Richards
Download or read book Historic Walks in San Francisco written by Rand Richards and published by Heritage House Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen self-guided walking tours down city streets that will take you back in time, with colorful stories about the buildings along the way and the people associated with them. Brimming with insight and the odd fact, laced with humor and drama, this unique guidebook sheds new light on the history of one of America's renowned cities. Easy-to-follow maps, and dozens of historic photographs.
Book Synopsis Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society by : Kevin Evans
Download or read book Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society written by Kevin Evans and published by Last Gasp. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A template for pranksters, artists, adventurers and anyone interested in rampant creativity, this is the history of the most influential underground cabal that has never been exposed by the mainstream media. Rising from the ashes of the mysterious and legendary Suicide Club, the Cacophony Society at its zenith hosted chapters in most major US cities and influenced much of what was once called the 'underground'. Packed with original art, never before published photographs, original documents and incredulous news stories this is an homage to the San Francisco group.
Book Synopsis Notorious San Francisco by : Rj Parker
Download or read book Notorious San Francisco written by Rj Parker and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco, a city founded in part by criminals, was once one of the most dangerous cities in America. Its Barbary coast was called "a unique criminal district that was the scene of more viciousness and depravity, but it possessed more glamour, than any other area on the American continent." "San Francisco Notorious" brings back the glamorous depravity and noir atmosphere that made it the premier location for murder thrillers like "The Maltese Falcon," "Vertigo," and "Zodiac." This book contains more than 20 compelling tales of serial killers, deadly women, con-men, masters of escape, and unsolved mysteries. San Franciscan criminals were as colorful as the city they inhabited. Take William Thoreson, a murderous millionaire who hid the nation's largest private armory in his Pacific Heights mansion. Then there's Isabella Martin, the murderous "Queen of Grudges" who tried to poison an entire town, or Ethan McNabb and Lloyd Sampsell, the "Yacht Bandits," who used a luxurious sloop as a getaway vehicle for their dozens of bank robberies. Most of these unusual cases are largely unknown and have never appeared in book form. Included are cases that are still mysteries today, including the mysterious tale of the Zodiac Killer, complete with a new analysis and a startling new theory on the murder.
Book Synopsis Stairway Walks in San Francisco (Large Print 16pt) by : Adah Bakalinsky
Download or read book Stairway Walks in San Francisco (Large Print 16pt) written by Adah Bakalinsky and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of public stairways traverse San Francisco's 42 hills, exposing incredible vistas while connecting colorful, unique neighborhoods, and veteran guide Adah Bakalinsky loves them all. Her updated Stairway Walks in San Francisco explores well-known and clandestine corridors from Lands End to Bernal Heights while sharing captivating architectural, historical, pop culture, and horticultural notes along the way. This revised and expanded edition has been thoroughly updated and includes two additional walks, new maps, and new color photographs. The two new walks presented are: The Blue Greenway Walking, a new history, which follows the Embarcadero and weaves along the present day contour of the Bay into the future parklands and new neighborhood of San Francisco; and Jazz Takes A Walk in the Sunnyside neighborhood where the undulating geology of San Francisco invites one to hear the dance in the walk. A comprehensive appendix lists every one of the City's 600-plus public stairways. Long-term residents and tourists alike have used the book for over 25 years to adventurously uncover San Francisco's unexpected details.
Book Synopsis The White Devil's Daughters by : Julia Flynn Siler
Download or read book The White Devil's Daughters written by Julia Flynn Siler and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first hundred years of Chinese immigration--from 1848 to 1943--San Francisco was home to a shockingly extensive underground slave trade in Asian women, who were exploited as prostitutes and indentured servants. In this gripping, necessary book, bestselling author Julia Flynn Siler shines a light on this little-known chapter in our history--and gives us a vivid portrait of the safe house to which enslaved women escaped. The Occidental Mission Home, situated on the edge of Chinatown, served as a gateway to freedom for thousands. Run by a courageous group of female Christian abolitionists, it survived earthquakes, fire, bubonic plague, and violent attacks. We meet Dolly Cameron, who ran the home from 1899 to 1934, and Tien Fuh Wu, who arrived at the house as a young child after her abuse as a household slave drew the attention of authorities. Wu would grow up to become Cameron's translator, deputy director, and steadfast friend. Siler shows how Dolly and her colleagues defied convention and even law--physically rescuing young girls from brothels, snatching them from their smugglers--and how they helped bring the exploiters to justice. Riveting and revelatory, The White Devil's Daughters is a timely, extraordinary account of oppression, resistance, and hope.
Book Synopsis Season of the Witch by : David Talbot
Download or read book Season of the Witch written by David Talbot and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The critically acclaimed, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller—a gripping story of the strife and tragedy that led to San Francisco’s ultimate rebirth and triumph. Salon founder David Talbot chronicles the cultural history of San Francisco and from the late 1960s to the early 1980s when figures such as Harvey Milk, Janis Joplin, Jim Jones, and Bill Walsh helped usher from backwater city to thriving metropolis.
Book Synopsis Spirits of San Francisco by : Gary Kamiya
Download or read book Spirits of San Francisco written by Gary Kamiya and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling book from two prizewinning, critically acclaimed contemporary chroniclers of San Francisco-a rich, illustrated, idiosyncratic portrait of this great city. In Spirits of San Francisco, #1 bestselling Cool Gray City of Love author Gary Kamiya joins forces with celebrated, bestselling artist Paul Madonna to take a fresh look at this one-of-a-kind city. Marrying image and text in a way no book about this city has done before, Kamiya's illuminating narratives accompany Madonna's masterful pen-and-ink drawings, breathing life into San Francisco sites both iconic and obscure. Paul Madonna's atmospheric images will awe: his wide-angle drawings offer a new perspective on the “crookedest street in the world” and vistas across the city. And Kamiya's engaging prose, accompanying each image, offers striking vignettes of this incredible city: witness his story of “Dumpville,” the bizarre community that sprang up in the 19th century on top of a massive garbage dump. Handsome and irresistible-much like the city it chronicles-Spirits of San Francisco is both a visual feast and a detailed, personal, loving, informed portrait of a beloved city.
Book Synopsis 100 Stories: The Lesser Known History of Humanity by : John Hinson
Download or read book 100 Stories: The Lesser Known History of Humanity written by John Hinson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although recorded human history is relatively small compared to the existence of earth, there are so many great stories that are consistently left out of the history books. John Hinson has spent countless hours researching and unearthing some of humanity's best and long lost stories. If you think present day is weird, you might find comfort in knowing it's always been weird.
Book Synopsis History's Great Untold Stories by : Joseph Cummins
Download or read book History's Great Untold Stories written by Joseph Cummins and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at thirty key events that had a profound influence on the course of human history, from the assassination of William the Silent whose death may have triggered the 1588 launch of the Spanish Armada, to twelve anti-slavery activists who bucked the establishment to outlaw slavery in Britain.
Book Synopsis Shanghaied in San Francisco by : Bill Pickelhaupt
Download or read book Shanghaied in San Francisco written by Bill Pickelhaupt and published by Mystic Seaport. This book was released on 1996 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Pickelhaupt, in this reprint of a classic, tells the true story of shanghaiing--kidnapping men for a voyage at sea after they were slipped drugged liquor--and the politicians who let it happen in San Francisco for over sixty years. Includes victims' first-hand accounts and 50 photographs and drawings.
Book Synopsis San Francisco Kaleidoscope by : Samuel Dickson
Download or read book San Francisco Kaleidoscope written by Samuel Dickson and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1955 edition.
Book Synopsis The Bibliophile Library of Literature, Art and Rare Manuscripts by : Forrest Morgan
Download or read book The Bibliophile Library of Literature, Art and Rare Manuscripts written by Forrest Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis United States Coast Guard Annotated Bibliography by : United States. Coast Guard
Download or read book United States Coast Guard Annotated Bibliography written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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