Misfits, Merchants, and Mayhem: Tales from San Francisco's Historic Waterfront

Publisher: Asian Art Museum of San FranciscoAuthor(s): Kumja Paik KimIllustration(s): full-color illusNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2017Dim...

Reducere. In the Gold Rush days, San Francisco city grew tenfold, where dreamers came to build a new world and ruthless men enjoyed their own money grab in a...

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Reducere. DescriptionThe Portola has a long and unique history dating back to the late 1800s. Too often misidentified with neighboring districts, it has its ...

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Reducere. San Francisco's Chinatown--the oldest, largest, and most famous Chinese enclave outside of Asia--is more than a tourist attraction. Since its birth...

Reducere. At the turn of the 20th century, the Haight-Ashbury first gained prominence as the gateway to Golden Gate Park; six decades later, it would anchor ...

Reducere. What was once home to the native tribe known as the Ohlone, and functioning as guardian of the San Francisco Bay under Spanish, Mexican, and Americ...

Reducere. Showcases the once-familiar sites that have faded into dim memories and hazy legends. Not just a list of places, facts, and dates, this title shows...

While today's Telluride might bring to mind a hot tourist spot and upscale ski resort, the earliest days of the town and surrounding San Miguel Cou...

Reducere. The transformation of San Francisco's Sunset District from a seemingly uninhabitable, windswept realm of sand dunes and shrub to a comfortable resi...

Reducere. When you're in West Portal and the adjacent Forest Hill and St. Francis Wood, it's hard to believe you're still in San Francisco. These quiet and p...

Reducere. DescriptionThe prestige of Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights has long fascinated and awed San Francisco residents and visitors. The westward exp...

Reducere. From the shooting of a Secret Service agent in the wilds near Hesperus to the grave misfortune"? of Kid Adams, a not-so-successful highwayman, thes...

Reducere. North Beach and Telegraph Hill are among San Francisco's most charming and historic districts. In the early years, Mexican and Spanish settlements ...

Reducere. Hemmed in by steep hills, Glen Park is defined by its quintessentially San Franciscan topography. Only 120 years ago this area, as well as neighbor...

Reducere. DescriptionOn June 29, 1776, Fr. Francisco Palou dedicated the first site of Mission San Francisco de Asis on the shores of Dolores Lagoon. At the ...

Reducere. San Francisco Bay is the largest and most productive estuary on the Pacific Coast of North America. It is also home to the oldest and densest urban...

Reducere. Contagious Divides charts the dynamic transformation of representations of Chinese immigrants from medical menace in the nineteenth century to mode...

The unique character of San Francisco's Chinatown is revealed in a historical map and fascinating photographs This colorful and celebratory time ca...

From the bestselling author of The House of Mondavi a riveting, revelatory history of the trafficking of young Asian girls that flourished in San F...

Reducere. Guilty as charged. If reading true crime is a guilty pleasure, this collection of stunning heists and unspeakable murders from the front pages of h...

Reducere. The world's fair of 1915 celebrated both the completion of the Panama Canal and the rebuilding of San Francisco following the devastating 1906 eart...

Reducere. The Zodiac Killer may have been San Francisco's most notorious serial killer, but another equally cruel killer was also stalking the streets at the...

Reducere. San Francisco's Queen of Vice uncovers the story of one of the most skilled, high-priced, and corrupt abortion entrepreneurs in America. Even as Pr...

Reducere. Richard Dillon, one of California's premier historians, tells the compelling story of San Francisco's exotic pre-1906 Chinatown when vicious hoodlu...

Reducere. Get to Know the Famous Louisiana City's Vibrant and Historic Neighborhoods From Lakeview and Mid-City to the Saenger Theatre and the Mercedes-Benz ...

Newcastle's colourful and sometimes dramatic history is brought to life in this series of varied tales spanning several hundred years. Including so...

Reducere. DescriptionThis powerful prayer book is designed for lay people worldwide. It offers immediate gratification and healing results for readers as the...

Reducere. Cigar City: Tales From a 1980s Creative Ghetto, is a collection of linked short stories about the young artists, writers, poets, musicians and acto...

Reducere. This New England community has made national headlines for the notorious Sacco and Vanzetti trial; it has hosted Presidents Washington, Jackson and...

Publisher: Lammas PublishingNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 30Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera farmecu...

Reducere. Everyone loves a good villain! From the back pages of history, vivid, entertaining portraits of little-known scoundrels whose misdeeds range from t...

Reducere. Tales from the Last Days of Anatolia: A collection of fictional short stories dealing with real events in Asia Minor (modern Turkey) during the dyi...

Abolitionists, rebels and innovators have all tracked across the pages of Washington County history. Their stories and more were chronicled by belo...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Mike BrowneNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 165 x 229 x 31Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera ...

Reducere. DescriptionMurder and Mayhem -- true stories of crimes in the United State's fourth corner. Everything from public hangings, husbands killing wives...

DescriptionWhat do Louisa May Alcott and Henry David Thoreau have in common with the inventors of barbed wire, margarine and the washing machine? T...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Sebouh AslanianIllustration(s): 14 b-w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 4 maps, 2 tablesNumbe...

DescriptionRecognized by the Georgia Press Association as among the state's best features/lifestyle columns, Larry Hobbs' weekly take on the fascin...

Reducere. DescriptionRichmond, Virginia s beautiful capital on the James River, has seen more than its fair share of history. Although it is probably best kn...

DescriptionThe geographic center of Colorado, Park County has long served as a recreational area for Denver and Colorado Springs residents looking ...

Reducere. The geographic center of Colorado, Park County has long served as a recreational area for Denver and Colorado Springs residents looking to get away...

Reducere. Alfred Shope was just a boy from Skeenah Creek, in rural Western North Carolina, when the American Civil War began. With duty, he became an intuiti...

Reducere. From the brilliant mind of Michaela Coel, creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum, comes a passionate and inspired declaration agains...

Reducere. Federica Francesconi writes the history of the Jewish merchants who lived and prospered in the northern Italian city of Modena, capital city of the...

Explore the chilling history behind some of southwestern Pennsylvania's most horrifying murders.In 1907, a young girl was found dead in the Lyric T...

Reducere. Murder & Mayhem in Houston: Historic Bayou City Crime, Hardcover