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The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld
The Barbary Coast An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld
Author: Herbert Asbury
"The history of the Barbary Coast properly begins with the gold rush to California in 1849. If the precious yellow metal hadn’t been discovered ... the development of San Francisco’s underworld in all likelihood would have been indistinguishable from that of any other large American city. Instead, owing almost entirely to the influx of...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781560254089
ISBN-10: 1560254084
Publication Date: 9/18/2002
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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