Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. BOOK I San Francisco Is Your Home
4. Prologue 3
5. PART ONE: The Days of Gold
6. I Sam Brannan 10
7. II Biscaccianti 19
8. III Fire 27
9. IV The Fire Companies 34
10. v The Bella Union 40
11. VI Jim Savage 45
12. VII "Lord" Charlie Fairfax 54
13. VIII James Lick 62
14. IX Adah Isaacs Menken 69
15. X The Tragic Tragedian 77
16. PART Two: The Comstock, the Railroad, and Champagne
17. XII Black Bart 94
18. XIII Nob Hill 103
19. XIV "Filibuster" Walker 111
20. XV Lotta Crabtree 120
21. XVI Minstrels 128
22. XVII Emperor Norton 136
23. PART THREE THE END OF THE CENTURY
24. XVIII Lucky Baldwin 144
25. XIX David Belasco 153
26. XX R.L.S 158
27. XXI Ina Coolbrith 165
28. XXII Ambrose Bierce 173
29. XXIII George Sterling 180
30. XXIV Jane Lathrop Stanford 190
31. PART FOUR THE CITY COMES OF AGE
32. XXV The Color of the City 198
33. XXVI John McLaren 206
34. XXVII Mardikian and Food 213
35. XXVIII The Earthquake 220
36. XXIX Sadakichi Hartmann 230
37. XXX "The Cool Grey City" 239
38. Appreciations and Acknowledgments 247
39. Book II San Francisco Kaleidoscope
40. Prologue 253
41. PART ONE GOLDEN DAYS OF YOUTH
42. I Henry Meiggs 263
43. II Lord George Gordon 273
44. III William Leidesdorff 283
45. IV Tom Maguire 293
46. V Stephen J. Field 302
47. VI Catharine Hayes 311
48. VII Charles and Bella Cora 320
49. VIII Madame Anna Bishop 329
50. PART TWO THE ADOLESCENT CITY
51. IX Bummer and Lazarus 338
52. X Ralston and the Subtreasury 349
53. XI Asbury Harpending 359
54. XII The Great Diamond Hoax 368
55. XIII The Cable Cars 377
56. XIV Shanghai Kelly 386
57. XV E Clampus Vitus 396
58. XVI lJon Lilfredo 1\obinson 405
59. XVII The Crocker Spite Fence 415
60. PART THREE SALAD DAYS
61. XVIII Isadora Duncan 425
62. XIX Memories 435
63. XX Toby Rosenthal 443
64. XXI Night Life 453
65. XXII Tivoli Opera House 461
66. XXIII The Seven Ages of Man 470
67. XXIV Frank Norris 480
68. XXV Portrait Album 489
69. XXVI Secundino and Maria Robles 498
70. XXVII 2409 Scott Street 507
71. XXVIII St. Mary's Square 516
72. Appreciations and Acknowledgments 525
73. Book III The Streets of San Francisco
74. Prologue 529
75. PART ONE THE PEOPLE OF THE STREETS
76. I Tetrazzini 531
77. II Giovanni, Friedman, and Jim Lee 545
78. III David Josephi 559
79. IV Mad San Franciscans 571
80. PART TWO TYCOONS AND BOHEMIANS
81. V Robert Dollar 580
82. VI "Tad" 591
83. VII William O'Brien 603
84. VIII Arnold Genthe 615
85. IX The Dusty 'Nineties 629
86. X Oliver Morosco 642
87. PART THREE: Dreamers and Realists
88. XI Jack London 652
89. XII Arthur Putnam 669
90. XIII Sol Bloom 683
91. XIV The Streets of San Francisco 694
92. Acknowledgments 699
93. Index 701