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Woman of Ill Fame.(Book review)
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California History
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March 1, 2008
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- Lothrop, Gloria R.
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 California Historical Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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WOMAN OF ILL FAME
By Erika Mailman (Berkeley: Heyday Press, 2006, 256 pp., $13.95 trade paper)
ERIKA MAILMAN PRESENTS a riveting tale involving prostitution, virtue, violence, crime, and, finally, vindication amid the ragtag realism of Gold Rush San Francisco. This compelling mystery is set against the backdrop of the Golden Gate on the very cusp of the region's economic greatness.
The heroine, Nora, arrives in early 1849, when eager argonauts are already abandoning ship for the goldfields, turning the harbor into a ghostly forest of masts and sails. In the midst of this emptiness, Nora, a prostitute, vainly searches for her stolen steamer trunk containing not ...
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The Christian Science Monitor;
May 15, 2002 ;
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Baseball: 2002 World Series Matchup - San Francisco vs. Anaheim.
Sports Network;
October 20, 2002 ;
787 words
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Just in Time for Valentine's Day Survey Says: Love Is Better In San...
PR Newswire;
February 4, 2005 ;
595 words
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M2 Presswire;
October 19, 1998 ;
787 words
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NFL Football: San Francisco 49ers Playoff Results.
Sports Network;
January 6, 2003 ;
473 words
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The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906: a century ago, the American...
Junior Scholastic;
March 27, 2006 ;
Brown, Bryan;
787 words
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Oakland Post;
May 10, 2000 ;
460 words
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San Francisco Adopts the Precautionary Principle
Rachel's Environment & Health News;
June 18, 2003 ;
787 words
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Profile: Rivalry between Oakland and San Francisco, California...
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR);
July 15, 2001 ;
LISA SIMEONE;
686 words
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Profile: Rivalry between Oakland and San Francisco, California
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR);
July 15, 2001 ;
LISA SIMEONE;
686 words
......Profile: Rivalry between Oakland and San Francisco, California Host: LISA SIMEONE Time...PM LISA SIMEONE, host: The city of San Francisco has been hit hard by the dot-com bust...of summer in Oakland and winter in San Francisco. Signs with messages like that have...
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HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network;
January 19, 1998 ;
Switzer, Liz;
762 words
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SHOULD BOSTON ADOPT A SAN FRANCISCO PLAN?
The Boston Globe;
April 5, 1987 ;
Robert Campbell, Globe Correspondent;
787 words
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Are TEch clients killing San Francisco creativity?; Technology terrors:...
Advertising Age;
November 13, 2000 ;
Cuneo, Alice Z.;
787 words
......marketers is threatening to wipe out San Francisco's creative boom. Some 20 years ago, San Francisco put itself on the creative map, starting...in more narrowly targeted journals. San Francisco's little heyday is crashing, said Mary...
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SAN FRANCISCO'S MAYOR NEWSOM TO KEYNOTE SF STATE COMMENCEMENT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
April 16, 2008 ;
442 words
...San Francisco State University issued the following press release: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will be the keynote speaker at San Francisco State University's 107th Commencement held on Saturday, May 24 at 1 p.m. (student procession begins...
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