Title: Another Student of Dr. Lotchin
Product review: I am also a student of Dr. Lotchin's, though a current one, taking his class on the history of the American West. What does this have to do with the book? Nothing, except that it is one of the texts we are reading. I found Dr. Lotchin's book to be informative at best, and cluttered, poorly written/edited, and uninteresting at worst. While the history of San Francisco and its rapid growth are astonishing and fascinating, Lotchin's rendering of the city's life from 1848-1856 is something short of spectacular. Most of the problems I have found with the text--including copious grammatical errors which create hard to read passages--could have been remedied with a better editor.
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