The Barbary Coast
Book • 1933
The Barbary Coast chronicles the violent and glamorous history of San Francisco's underworld, emerging during the gold rush of 1849.
It details the city's transformation into a hub of vice and crime, filled with gamblers, thieves, and politicians.
The book explores banditry, opium dens, tong wars, and corruption that defined the area for nearly seventy years.
It details the city's transformation into a hub of vice and crime, filled with gamblers, thieves, and politicians.
The book explores banditry, opium dens, tong wars, and corruption that defined the area for nearly seventy years.
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