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Good in Good jacket. Book Unclipped jacket in mylar wrap with some chips, and shelf wear. Tight binding. Spotting on top edge. Interior clean and unmarked. Gift inscription on front end paper from Sally Stanford, one of the featured madams, and former Mayor of Sausalito, CA.
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The history of San Francisco is not the typical as San Francisco is not now and hasn't been typical in any way. As a native San Franciscan, I was lucky enough to inherit my mom's copy of The Barbary Coast, by Herbert Asbury (which I also recommend). Madams of San Francisco goes into a lot more detail about this aspect of San Francisco history. What was hushed up in other places was mainstream and accepted in San Francisco. One of the chapters I found particularly interesting in this book was about the Ingot lottery in France. The French government in the 1850's had a lottery and the winners were given passage to San Francisco. In reality, the winners were almost entirely criminals, dissidents and prostitutes. This book offers a fascinating look into San Francisco history and how many of these early "pioneers" shaped the course of the Bay Area.
