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Woman of Ill Fame.(Book review)

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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