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Author Egan, Ferol.

Title Last bonanza kings : the Bourns of San Francisco / Ferol Egan.

Publication Info. Reno : University of Nevada Press, 2009.

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Edition Pbk. ed.
Description 1 online resource (289 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-278) and index.
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Chapter 1 -- Planting the Seed; Chapter 2 -- Westward Vision; Chapter 3 -- Bound for California; Chapter 4 -- San Francisco: A Rough City of Golden Dreams; Chapter 5 -- An Interlude of Family Happiness; Chapter 6 -- Bourn's Nevada Adventures; Chapter 7 -- Bourn's Luck; Chapter 8 -- Tragedy and Responsibility; Chapter 9 -- The Cambridge Years; Chapter 10 -- Young Bourn and the Empire Mine; Chapter 11 -- The Napa Valley Years; Chapter 12 -- San Francisco: City of Promise; Chapter 13 -- Expanding Horizons; Chapter 14 -- The New Century
Chapter 15 -- Growing FortunesChapter 16 -- Water, Land, and Politics; Chapter 17 -- The Changing Times; Chapter 18 -- The Final Years; Notes; Sources and Acknowledgments; Index
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Subject Bourn, William, 1813-
Bourn, William, 1813-
Bourn, William, 1857-1936.
Bourn, William, 1857-1936.
Bourne family.
Bourne family.
Bourn, William, 1813-
Bourn, William, 1857-1936.
Bourne family.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography.
Pioneers -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography.
Pioneers.
California -- San Francisco.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Businessmen -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography.
Businessmen.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Egan, Ferol. Last bonanza kings. Paperback ed. Reno : University of Nevada Press, 2009 9780874177862 (OCoLC)368046154
ISBN 9780874178494 (electronic book)
0874178495 (electronic book)
9780874177862
0874177863