The Star, The Saint And The City: How Sam Brannan's Newspaper Heralded The Gold Rush and Created San Francisco

by William Briggs

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San Francisco has always been a magnet. From Gold Seekers to Flower Children to Tech Wizards, The City has attracted dreamers and doers. Less well known in The City's colorful history:

How San Francisco began as a colony of religious pilgrims. How the first newspaper transformed sleepy Yerba Buena into San Francisco and then launched the Gold Rush. How the publisher of that newspaper became the dominant historical figure of his time,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1956785566

ISBN13:9781956785562

Release Date:October 2023

Publisher:Bookstand Publishing

Length:230 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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History Religion Religion & Spirituality

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