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Title: A Good Book About the Seamy Side of San Francisco.
Review: The miners came in Forty-nine,The whores in fifty-one;And when they got togetherThey produced the native son.This irreverend verse in the early part of THE BARBARY COAST sets the tempo of what is to follow: Joaquin Murieta, the Vigilantes, the Tong Wars in Chinatown, Shanghaiing sailors, the red-light district. I read it forty years ago originally and still recommend it, as do I the same author's THE FRENCH QUARTER.This book is an informal history: as such it is sparse with the references, but it's a great read.San Franciscans should be proud of it.
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