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Mud, Blood, and Gold
Rand Richards
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San Francisco in 1849
出版Heritage House Publishers, 2008
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralHistory / United States / 19th CenturyHistory / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Social Science / Customs & TraditionsSocial Science / Sociology / Urban
ISBN18793670689781879367067
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=DxRx06NyD0oC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋San Francisco in 1849 was a time and place like no other in American history. As word of the discovery of gold in California spread, people from all over the world descended on San Francisco--ground zero for the avalanche of humanity and goods pouring into the fabled El Dorado. There have been many books on the Gold Rush, but Mud, Blood, and Gold is the first to focus solely on San Francisco as it was at the peak of the gold frenzy. With a 'you are there' immediacy author Rand Richards vividly brings to life what San Francisco was like during the landmark year of 1849. Based on eyewitness accounts and previously overlooked official records, Richards chronicles the explosive growth of a wide-open town rife with violence, gambling, and prostitution, all of it fueled by unbridled greed.