| Historic Photos of San Francisco Crime Contributor(s): Clayborn, Hannah (Text by (Art, Photo Books)) |
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ISBN: 1684420407 ISBN-13: 9781684420407 Publisher: Turner
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2009 Click for more in this series: Historic Photos |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - True Crime - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 979.4 |
| Series: Historic Photos |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 8.5" W x 8.5" L (1.66 lbs) 202 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Locality - San Francisco, California |
| Features: Price on Product |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Long after the gold rush had faded into history, San Francisco was still earning its title as the capital of the Wild, Wild West. Beneath its cosmopolitan, urbane veneer, the city at the dawn of the twentieth century still seethed with crime. Raucous crowds still gathered at the Old Barbary Coast dives and dance halls, hangouts for thieves and prostitutes, and by 1906, San Francisco's elected officials had embarked on a spree of corruption that would eventually result in grand jury indictments, a kidnapping, bombings, and at least one murder. With over 200 high-quality images, Historic Photos of San Francisco Crime sifts through the city's misdeeds, murder, and mayhem, from the tongs and hatchet men of Old Chinatown to civil disobedience and protests at City Hall in the 1960s. The Preparedness Day Bombing of 1916, the trials of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle for murder of Hollywood starlet Virginia Rappe, the lynching of the Howard Street Gang, the lethal Longshoremen's strike and street riots of 1934, and the 1946 "Battle of Alcatraz" are just a few of the stops along the route of this riveting tour of San Francisco's underworld. |
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