Adolph Sutro: King of the Comstock Lode and Mayor of San Francisco

ISBN-13: 9781476680392 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 294 str.

William R. Huber

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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