Download or read book The Mysteries and Miseries of San Francisc written by Californian and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mysteries and Miseries of San Francisco by The Californian: In this novel, the anonymous author - writing under the pseudonym "The Californian" - tells the story of a group of immigrants and adventurers trying to make their way in the boomtown of San Francisco during the Gold Rush of the 1850s. With its vivid descriptions of life in a vibrant and chaotic city, this book provides a valuable glimpse into an important chapter of American history. Key Aspects of the Book "The Mysteries and Miseries of San Francisco": Historical Context: The novel provides a detailed and immersive look at life in San Francisco during the Gold Rush of the 1850s, with vivid descriptions of the people, places, and events of the time. Exploration of Human Nature: The book delves into important themes of greed, ambition, and the quest for success, showing how these powerful forces can impact the lives and actions of individuals. Characterization: The novel's characters - both historical and fictional - are well drawn and interesting, adding depth and richness to the story. "The Californian" was an anonymous author who wrote about life in San Francisco during the Gold Rush of the 1850s. Little is known about the author's identity, but their works - including The Mysteries and Miseries of San Francisco - continue to be read and appreciated for their insight into this important moment in American history.
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Download or read book The Mysteries and Miseries of San Francisco Showing Up All the Various Characters and Notabilities both in High and Low Life that Have Figured in San Franciso Since Its Settlement written by A Californian and published by . This book was released on 2024-06-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mysteries and Miseries of San Francisco; Showing up all the various characters and notabilities, (both in high and low life) that have figured in San Franciso since its settlement., a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Download or read book The Mysteries and Miseries of San Francisco written by A Californian and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mysteries and Miseries of San Francisco by an anonymous Californian opens with a bunch of Americans drinking at a diner together in the historical town. The anonymous author pays careful and boisterous homage to the strange and bustling city. Excerpt: "San Francisco, on the marge of the sea, with towering hills behind her, lay basking in the sun like a serpent by the side of a rock. The dwellings of the more fortunate classes loomed pleasantly on the side of the large round hills in the distance, and might with the aid of a little fancy..."
Download or read book Mysteries and Miseries of America s Great Cities written by James William Buel and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Out of Nowhere written by Susan Dunlap and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zen student and stunt double Darcy Lott wonders whether she can trust her own brother in this intriguing mystery. Darcy Lott is thrilled to be reunited with her brother Mike, who disappeared twenty years earlier. But her joy at bringing him home to San Francisco turns to fear when she learns that he has become the victim of escalating attacks – and he has no idea who is targeting him. Darcy determines to find out who is after him and why – before the attacks turn deadly. However, when Darcy searches Mike’s apartment, a disturbing discovery makes her question whether she really knows her brother any more . . . or trusts him.
Download or read book The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco written by Michelle Chouinard and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Michelle Chouinard’s clever mystery The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco, the granddaughter of a serial killer shows readers another side of the beloved city. Welcome to San Francisco, a city with killer charm. The chill of a San Francisco summer can be deadly. No one knows this better than Capri Sanzio, who makes her living giving serial killer tours of the city. Capri has been interested in the topic since she was a kid, when she discovered she’s the granddaughter of serial killer William ‘Overkill Bill’ Sanzio. She’s always believed in his innocence, though she's never taken the leap to fully dive into the case. But now an Overkill Bill copycat has struck in San Francisco. And Capri’s former mother-in-law, Sylvia, just cut off Capri’s daughter’s tuition payments. Needing cash, Capri wonders if this is the time to exonerate her grandfather. The case is back in the news and the police will be looking to understand the past to catch a present-day killer. Capri could finally uncover the truth about Overkill Bill—documenting the process with a podcast and a book—and hopefully earn some money. Before Capri can get very far, the cops discover the copycat’s latest victim: Sylvia. Capri soon finds herself at the heart of the police’s investigation for an entirely different reason. She and her daughter are prime suspects.
Download or read book San Francisco Noir written by Peter Maravelis and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brand new stories by: Domenic Stansberry, Barry Gifford, Eddie Muller, Robert Mailer Anderson, Michelle Tea, Peter Plate, Kate Braverman, David Corbett, Alejandro Murguia, Sin Soracco, Alvin Lu, Jon Longhi, Will Christopher Baer, Jim Nesbit, and David Henry Sterry. San Francisco Noir lashes out with hard-biting, all-original tales exploring the shadowy nether regions of scenic "Baghdad by the Bay." Virtuosos of the genre meet up with the best of S.F.'s literary fiction community to chart a unique psycho-geography for a dark landscape. From inner city boroughs to the outlands, each contributor offers an original story based in a distinct neighborhood. At times brutal, darkly humorous, and revelatory--the stories speak of a hidden San Francisco, a town where the fog is but a prelude to darker realities lingering beneath. "The protagonists of noir fiction have their own agendas, but for readers much of the pleasure is unraveling the mystery and deciphering the clues that constitute a city, and if there is a love story in noir writing it's the passion of writers, readers, and protagonists for the gritty geographical details. As the bodies drop in the strong stories here, steep, fog-wrapped, fratricidal San Francisco comes alive: here are old neighborhoods, bars, bookstores, the famous and then forgotten landlord arson at 16th and Valencia, buried streams, streetcars, parks, a lost city and the new city haunting almost every page of this gorgeous anthology of San Francisco noir." -Rebecca Solnit "I was wondering about the city's shadowside that the guides didn't show. These top writers are of the 'As bad as it gets' brand, and then worse. If you like puke, fear & loathing caused by stray bullets, happenstance getting the hero who is an anti-hero really, a male corpse rotting in the bathtub while the woman poops in the garden, the Reverend Christmas shot in the ear by the PO-lice, then this is your good read for a murky, maybe even gritty, weekend." -Janwillem van de Wetering "San Francisco has long been a city of back alleys and black figures; this is its romantic map." -Michael Ray, Editor, Zoetrope All-Story
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Download or read book Blood Rain written by Barry Smith and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-12-04 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a rainy San Francisco November day, a brutal murder and a missing document take David Moore away from his duties as co-owner and private investigator of Rothmore Securities. McCloud College, a long-respected city institution, is under an attack that threatens its existence. The San Francisco Police reluctantly work with Moore, a former colleague, to identify who is killing faculty members. A lovely widow, a mousey professor with a gun, a well-connected and handsome college president, a deadly chief of campus security, and a rogue priest quickly pull him into a storm as violent as the one battering the Northern California coast. When a recently fired faculty member is murdered, Moore turns to an unlikely ally for help. She is a seductive department secretary whose need for thrills drives her into the arms of some very dangerous company. Moore must also fight against the knowledge that the lovely widow has some damning marks against her, not the least of which is his growing fondness for her. He hasn't much time to solve this puzzle, because two hired killers want the same lost document and guess correctrly that he knows where it is.
Download or read book One Through The Heart written by Kirk Russell and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The explosive new Ben Raveneau thriller|Bones in a backyard bomb shelter reactivate a San Francisco cold case and a painful connection for Raveneau after missing Ann Coryell’s desperate call for help a decade ago. But he sees something much darker in threats made by online followers of historian Coryell’s writings on genocide. Nothing pieces together, but all the pieces fit . . . Raveneau edges closer to a core group who are certain the time for retribution is now, but will he be able to stop them in time?|"Solid writing, a twisted, keep-?em-guessing plot, and a likable rogue hero drive this entertaining thriller"
Download or read book Zebra written by Clark Howard and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edgar Award Finalist: The true story of a string of brutal crimes committed in the name of religious fanaticism and racial hatred in 1970s San Francisco. In the early 1970s, a small band of well-dressed, clean-cut African American men began terrorizing the residents of San Francisco with guns and machetes. Their victims ranged from a teenage Salvation Army cadet to a middle-aged Jordanian grocer to an eighty-one-year-old janitor. The streets became deserted and tourism plunged. It took months before the culprits could be identified, with the help of an informer. They were members of a Black Muslim cult aspiring to earn the title “Death Angel” by slaughtering white victims. Combining history and dramatic recreations, this is the “repellent but riveting” in-depth story of a horrifying killing spree and the fanatical hatred that drove it—and the SFPD’s desperate quest to take the culprits down (Kirkus Reviews). “[Clark Howard’s] pounding narrative meticulously describes the so-called Zebra killings of 1973–74, when 23 white San Franciscans were murdered or maimed by a group of Black Muslim extremists. In the retelling, the cold jargon of police files leaps starkly to life.” —Time
Download or read book San Francisco Thrillers written by John Miller and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1995 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco is the ideal place for murder, mystery, and malevolence. Far beneath the swinging coils of the Golden Gate Bridge, in a dank set of abandoned prison cells, a strange caretaker with evil intentions plots his nefarious deeds. Atop the hills of Pacific Heights, an innocent young woman rides an evening cable car, stalked by her handsome fiance. In a seedy bar on Fifth Street, a stone-faced man awaits his next victim. These and other eerie and exciting stories can be found in San Francisco Thrillers, the first anthology of mysteries and thrillers set in the City by the Bay, and illustrated with the haunting vintage photographs of Francis Bruguiere.
Download or read book The Miwok Eagles written by Barry Smith and published by Author House. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Miwok Eagles are a set of 1849 ten-dollar gold coins that become part of a bold con game mounted by an international counterfeiter named Fritz Boehmer. Miwok Indians in the San Francisco Bay Area accepted coins like these as payment for some of their land in the 19th Century. Boehmer plans to steal the coins from a San Francisco coin evaluator named Mirza Tarkanian, publicize their disappearance to drive up their value, and offer copies of them for sale. David Moore, co-owner of the Rothmore Security Agency, is trying to hold his swing shift of some fifty widely spread guard posts together when the theft of the Eagles takes place. The theft and resultant death of the coin dealer's nephew are partly his fault because he is late posting a guard to coin dealer Mirza Tarkanian, who frequently uses Moore’s security agency when he is moving valuable coins from one place to another. The Miwok Eagles belong to Bess Carman, wealthy and influential owner of a ranch near San Francisco. Tracing the crime to her ranch, Moore begins to unravel the method of the criminals and reveal two murders tied to the crime. He has the help of a female archeologist who is studying Miwok village sites on the ranch. Her name is Kelly Raphael, and she too is disturbed by the activities of Bess Carman’s visitors, especially when a servant goes missing. The search for evidence of murder takes Moore on a night hike to a site on the ranch where he finds buried in a dry stream bed, a crucible, a clean and carefully wrapped rifle, and the odor of a body which he has no time to exhume. Moore’s efforts to uncover the plot lead him into deadly encounters when he becomes the target of one of the counterfeiters.
Download or read book The Do or Die Machine written by Barry Smith and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-02-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Moore hops a plane from San Antonio to San Francisco following an urgent call from his former private-investigator and police-force partner, Sam Roth. Sam has information from David's estranged wife, Jennifer, which David hopes is a plea to save their marriage. When he hooks up with Sam, David finds something more disturbing. Sam's troubles go deeper than Jennifer's disappearance and are too much for him to handle alone. He's over his head investigating the San Francisco mob. When they find Sam's car abandoned with Jennifer's purse and keys inside, David awakens his long-dormant instincts for exposing corruption and violence. Waiting for David is a bloodthirsty army waging a drug-supply war; an imaginative, yet amoral scientist who gives people joy as long as they become willing slaves; and an ex-cop on whom David blew the whistle for planting evidence. David's feel for the streets sustains him as he crisscrosses San Francisco's landscape to uncover greed and violence. Worst of all, David rattles the cages of power. But fighting the machinery of falsehood means discovering a secret his wife had kept from him. Will David's enemies force him to live a life he has forsworn?
