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Colorful stories and photographs weave San Francisco and the family fortunes together. After the gold rush of 1849, the city quickly became the largest and most important population, commercial, naval, and financial center in the American West. This non-fiction book is an easy and entertaining read.
Intertwined historical events along the way include the Civil War, to taking passage on one of the first transcontinental railroad trains, the Great 1906 earthquake and fire, the Panama-Pacific International Exposition World’s Fair, to today’s technology endeavors our family has played a part.
You’ll get a genuine feel for what it was like to be a part of San Francisco’s transformation into a major city, with such projects as the construction of Golden Gate Park, the famous cable cars, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and the Golden Gate Bridge. Also, San Francisco grew in cultural prominence from famous writers, such as: Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, and Oscar Wilde who all spent time in the city.
Publisher : Future AI (25 May 2021)
Language : English
Hardcover : 195 pages
ISBN-10 : 1732687277
ISBN-13 : 978-1732687271
Dimensions : 17.78 x 1.65 x 25.4 cm
