A DEBONAIR SCOUNDREL: An Episode in the Moral History of San Francisco.
by [Ruef, Abe, 1864-1936] Thomas, Lately
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good dust jacket (tape repaired tear on back cover of dj, other minor edgewear.)/very good
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About This Item
New York:: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,, (1962). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (tape repaired tear on back cover of dj, other minor edgewear.). First printing. "The Flamboyant Story of Abe Ruef and San Francisco's Infamous Era of Graft. In the year 1906, San Francisco was rocked by two calamitous earthquakes. Nature herself was responsible for one; a man named Ruef was responsible for the other" He gained notoriety as the corrupt political boss behind the administration of Mayor Eugene Schmitz of San Francisco during the period before and after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Among those who eventually brought him down was the sugar millionaire Rudolph Spreckels, the prosecutor and ex-cowboy Frank Heney and newspaper editor Fremont Older. Illustrated with photographs. bibliography. 422 pp.
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- Title
- A DEBONAIR SCOUNDREL: An Episode in the Moral History of San Francisco.
- Author
- [Ruef, Abe, 1864-1936] Thomas, Lately
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good dust jacket (tape repaired tear on back cover of dj, other minor edgewear.)
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1962)
- Keywords
- western americana, politics, san francisco earthquake
- Bookseller catalogs
- California;
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