Acknowledgments Foreword—Nevada Chapters by Patrick Neylan Foreword—San Francisco Chapters by Charles A. Fracchia Preface Introduction 1. The End 2. Roots and Uprooted 3. Some That Glitters 4. The Country Reacts 5. Go West, Young Man 6. Sutro, the Shop Owner 7. Mr. Sutro Goes to Washoe 8. All the News 9. Mining in Hell 10. From Riches to Rags 11. William Ralston—Boat Captain to Financial Captain 12. Rehabilitation 13. Homework 14. Endorsement 15. Rejection 16. Starting Over 17. Workin' on the Railroad 18. Mines, Mills and Money 19. Start Digging! 20. Mr. Sutro Goes to Washington 21. That Sounds French 22. Sutro Builds Sutro 23. Water, Water 24. The King Is Dead; Long Live the Kings 25. A Hole in the Ground to Pour Money Into 26. The Devil Is in the Details 27. A Family Man? 28. Return to San Francisco 29. Sutro Heights 30. Clara and Leah 31. The Cliff House—Before Sutro 32. The Cliff House—With Sutro 33. Gingerbread Palace 34. Glass Houses 35. The Philobiblist 36. His Honor, the Mayor 37. Decline, Demise, Disputes 38. Epilogue—Nevada 39. Epilogue—San Francisco Chapter Notes Bibliography Index