Historical abstract of San Francisco (Volume I)

By Oscar Tully Shuck

Book Overview

San Francisco did not simply grow; it arrived with a roar. A city rises in days. In Historical Abstract of San Francisco (Volume I), Oscar T. Shuck gathers the names, dates, offices, and turning points that made the town into a world port. Part local history reference, part urban history chronicle, it reads like a living index of nineteenth century San Francisco: streets and institutions taking shape, communities organising, and public power changing hands. Dip in for a single name, or follow the threads and feel the city knit itself together, page by page. Structured as a historical encyclopedia volume, this work tracks early San Francisco settlers alongside the wider California Gold Rush society that drew them west. Shuck records civic leaders, newspapers, merchants, clergy, and reformers, mapping the roots of San Francisco political history without losing the human scale. For readers chasing family connections, it is also a practical genealogy research resource, rich in California pioneer biographies and the kind of detail that anchors a lineage to a neighbourhood, a trade, a moment. Long used by California history students and historians of western American city history, this volume remains a key guide to Bay Area heritage: the raw materials of memory, carefully assembled close to the era itself. A handsome cornerstone for any classic Americana library. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today, a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353708613
• ISBN13: 9789353708610
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"