Trade paperback,
320 pages, 6 x 9,
45 illustrations, maps,
bibliography, index,
resource notes.
ISBN: 0-930235-04-5
$16.95

San Francisco Memoirs 1835-1851
Eyewitness accounts of the birth of a city
Compiled and introduced by Malcolm E. Barker

In July 1846 San Francisco was a tranquil settlement of about 150 inhabitants. Three years later it was an international metropolis with more than 30,000 people thronging its streets.

"At long last, the founders of San Francisco are allowed to speak for themselves."
(Dr. Kevin Starr, California State Librarian.)

Recalled in this intriguing collection of personal anecdotes from those tumultuous times are the days when:

• San Francisco Bay extended to Montgomery Street.
• Bears, wolves, and coyotes roamed the shore.
• The arrival of 238 Mormons more than doubled the town's population.
• A hotel room was 2½´ x 6´, with canvas walls—and maybe a bunk bed without linens.
• Gold dust was worth only $6 an ounce.

For more information, see: Contents, Illustrations, Preface, Index. Ordering Information.