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A.A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
400

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Subjects
American Authors, American literature, History and criticism, Homes and haunts, In literature, Intellectual life, Literature, Histoire et critique, Écrivains américains, Literatur, Résidences et lieux familiers, Dans la littérature, Littérature américaine, Vie intellectuelle
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California, San Francisco, San Francisco (Calif.)

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Cover of: San Francisco's literary frontier
San Francisco's literary frontier
1969, University of Washington Press
in English
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Cover of: San Francisco's literary frontier
San Francisco's literary frontier
1943, A. A. Knopf
in English
Cover of: San Francisco's literary frontier
San Francisco's literary frontier
1939, A.A. Knopf
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: San Francisco's literary frontier
San Francisco's literary frontier
1939, A. A. Knopf
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Table of Contents

I. A precocious frontier
II. The Fifties
III. Apprentice days
IV. Washoe silver and the Civil War
V. The "Golden era"
VI. Visitors
VII. Polite literature and ghosts
VIII. A rash of poetry
IX. The town crier
X. The "Overland monthly"
XI. Practical literature
XII. From Gold Gulch to Parnassus
XIII. Epilogue.

Edition Notes

"A literary history of San Francisco from 1848 to 1875, with emphasis upon the sixties."--Foreword.

"First edition."

Bibliography: p. 363-370. "Notes and references": p. 371-400.

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Dewey Decimal Class
810.9003
Library of Congress
PS285.S3 W3

The Physical Object

Pagination
3 p. l., v-xii, 400, xxv p., 1 l.
Number of pages
400

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OL24749416M
Internet Archive
sanfranciscoslit00walk
LCCN
39020996
OCLC/WorldCat
2170849

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