Trade paperback, 250 pages,
7 x 9, 79 illustrations,
bibliography, glossary, index.
ISBN: 0-9647312-2-3
$17.95  **

Shanghaied in San Francisco
by Bill Pickelhaupt
Foreword by Kevin Starr

The true story of shanghaiing—men kidnapped to serve at sea—and the politicians who let it happen. Includes ten firsthand accounts of men who were shanghaied.

"In Shanghaied in San Francisco, Bill Pickelhaupt has recovered and fashioned into a compelling narrative the primary materials--the accurate, colorful, and frequently painful story—of waterfront life in the leading Pacific port of the era." (Kevin Starr.)

"A unique look at a little known topic. Mr. Pickelhaupt sheds light on a very dark side of San Francisco's past." (Albert Shumate, President Emeritus, California Historical Society.)

• Chaos on the Waterfront.
• "Instead of being an intelligent freeman, the sailor is a slave to a race of beings known as boardinghouse keepers."
• The "crimps," the politicians, and their victims.
• "O sweet Jesus, into thy hands I commend my spirit." (The last words of a crimp before his execution for murder.)
• "Yeah, I was shanghaied in San Francisco in 1902." (Oral history of seaman Johann Carlson.)

For additional information, see:  Contents, Illustrations, Foreword, Preface, Introduction, Index.   Ordering information.