Richards, Rand,  1949- <br/><br/>
Mud, blood, and gold :  San Francisco in 1849 / 
Rand Richards. 
 - San Francisco :  Heritage House Publishers,  2011 
 - xiii, 288 p., [32] p. of plates :  ill., maps ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Paperback reprint of 2008 edition. 
<br/><br/>Gold fever -- Arrival -- Necessities : lodging, food, water, and mail -- Carnival of greed -- Gambler's paradise -- Goddesses and whores -- Crime wave : the hounds -- Scoundrel time : civic chicanery -- Glimmers of civilization -- Ethnic stew -- Quagmire -- Fire! -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- Appendix A: Alcaldes of San Francisco, 1846-1850 -- Appendix B: Military governors of California, 1846-1849. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781879367074 (pbk.) 9781879367067 (cloth edition) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012450166 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Primera Jornada de Catalogacion.<br/>Frontier and pioneer life--California--San Francisco.<br/>Vida de pioneros--California (Estados Unidos)--San Francisco.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>San Francisco (Calif.)--History--19th century.<br/>San Francisco (Calif.)--Social conditions--19th century.<br/>San Francisco (Calif.)--Social life and customs--19th century.<br/>San Francisco (Calif.)--Biography.<br/>California--Gold discoveries.<br/>California--History--1846-1850.<br/>California--Biography.<br/>San Francisco (California, Estados Unidos)--Siglo XIX .<br/>San Francisco (California, Estados Unidos)--Vida social y costumbres--Siglo XIX.<br/>San Francisco (California, Estados Unidos)--Condiciones sociales--Siglo XIX.<br/>California--Biografías.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 F 869  / R514m 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>979.404