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Realms of gold : the colorful writers of San Francisco, 1850-1950

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Realms of gold : the colorful writers of San Francisco, 1850-1950 / George Rathmell.

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Status Request for on-site use Request scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	FormatBook/Text	AccessUse in library	Call numberPS285.S3 R38 1998	Item locationOff-site

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Few regions in America can equal the rich literary history of San Francisco and its surrounding areas with authors such as Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Isadora Duncan, Jack London, Robinson Jeffers, Dashiell Hammett, John Steinbeck, William Saroyan, Henry Miller, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Realms of Gold gives us a fresh look at the lives of these writers and portrays the development of the city from a Gold Rush boom town through its rapid growth as a commercial port and rail head, its destruction in 1906, its rebirth, to its post-World War II status as a major urban center. - Back cover.

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Introduction -- The golden era -- The bohemians -- The circle grows -- The Californian -- Famous but broke -- Outcroppings -- Realizations -- Magnificent fireworks -- The Overland Monthly -- Author and lecturer -- The Golden Gate trinity -- The dispersement -- The Bohemian Club -- 11 Museum Street -- A perfect day -- The penniless Scotsman -- The new Overland Monthly -- The Hights -- The new pagans -- Exits and entrances -- A new job -- California romance -- La Belle Epoque -- A new century -- Death and homecoming -- Destruction -- Creation -- Dreamers and builders -- Wolf House -- The satyr's dirge -- When the grass shall cover me -- Hard times -- Dubious battle -- The new Bohemians -- To arms -- Back home -- The end of the past.

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