French San Francisco

ISBN-13: 9781531635473 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 130 str.

Claudine Chalmers

Opis

Nineteenth-century California was not a destination for the faint of heart, and Frenchmen are usually said to prefer their slippers to their traveling boots. Yet many visitors from France--starting in 1786 with legendary explorer Count de Lap(c)rouse--made their way to the remote and beautiful territory, leaving enduring accounts and images of their experience. As Frances troubled revolutionary era began in the 1840s, tens of thousands of Frenchmen journeyed to Californias goldfields. Some found wealth, others freedom, and some death. Many remained in San Francisco, helping shape the city and make it French from the inside.