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Adolph Sutro
King of the Comstock Lode and Mayor of San Francisco
Taschenbuch von William R. Huber
Sprache: Englisch

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Adolph Sutro was forever seeking challenges. Emigrating from Prussia to the U.S. at age 20, the California gold rush lured him west. At the Comstock Lode in Nevada, he conceived an idea for a tunnel to drain the hot water that made the mines perilous and inefficient. But he would have to overcome both physical obstacles and powerful opposition by the Bank of California to realize his vision.
Back in San Francisco, Sutro bought one twelfth of the city, including the famous Cliff House perched over the Pacific Ocean. When it burned to cinders on Christmas Day, 1894, he built a massive, eight-story Victorian replacement. He used his expertise in tunneling and water solutions to create the world's largest enclosed swimming structure, the Sutro Baths--six glass-covered heated saltwater pools with capacity of 1,000 swimmers.
Other challenges followed but Sutro was not invincible. After a two-year term as mayor of San Francisco, he succumbed to debilitating strokes which left him senile. His death in 1898 started disputes among his heirs--six children by his wife and two by his mistress--that lasted more than a decade.
Adolph Sutro was forever seeking challenges. Emigrating from Prussia to the U.S. at age 20, the California gold rush lured him west. At the Comstock Lode in Nevada, he conceived an idea for a tunnel to drain the hot water that made the mines perilous and inefficient. But he would have to overcome both physical obstacles and powerful opposition by the Bank of California to realize his vision.
Back in San Francisco, Sutro bought one twelfth of the city, including the famous Cliff House perched over the Pacific Ocean. When it burned to cinders on Christmas Day, 1894, he built a massive, eight-story Victorian replacement. He used his expertise in tunneling and water solutions to create the world's largest enclosed swimming structure, the Sutro Baths--six glass-covered heated saltwater pools with capacity of 1,000 swimmers.
Other challenges followed but Sutro was not invincible. After a two-year term as mayor of San Francisco, he succumbed to debilitating strokes which left him senile. His death in 1898 started disputes among his heirs--six children by his wife and two by his mistress--that lasted more than a decade.
Über den Autor
William R. Huber worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories and other major American technology companies before becoming an expert witness in patent litigation cases. He lives in West End, North Carolina.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword-Nevada Chapters by Patrick Neylan

Foreword-San Francisco Chapters by Charles A. Fracchia

Preface

Introduction

¿1.¿The End

¿2.¿Roots and Uprooted

¿3.¿Some That Glitters

¿4.¿The Country Reacts

¿5.¿Go West, Young Man

¿6.¿Sutro, the Shop Owner

¿7.¿Mr. Sutro Goes to Washoe

¿8.¿All the News

¿9.¿Mining in Hell

10.¿From Riches to Rags

11.¿William Ralston-Boat Captain to Financial Captain

12.¿Rehabilitation

13.¿Homework

14.¿Endorsement

15.¿Rejection

16.¿Starting Over

17.¿Workin' on the Railroad

18.¿Mines, Mills and Money

19.¿Start Digging!

20.¿Mr. Sutro Goes to Washington

21.¿That Sounds French

22.¿Sutro Builds Sutro

23.¿Water, Water

24.¿The King Is Dead; Long Live the Kings

25.¿A Hole in the Ground to Pour Money Into

26.¿The Devil Is in the Details

27.¿A Family Man?

28.¿Return to San Francisco

29.¿Sutro Heights

30.¿Clara and Leah

31.¿The Cliff House-Before Sutro

32.¿The Cliff House-With Sutro

33.¿Gingerbread Palace

34.¿Glass Houses

35.¿The Philobiblist

36.¿His Honor, the Mayor

37.¿Decline, Demise, Disputes

38.¿Epilogue-Nevada

39.¿Epilogue-San Francisco

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 296
ISBN-13: 9781476680392
ISBN-10: 1476680396
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Huber, William R.
Hersteller: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Maße: 254 x 178 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: William R. Huber
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.03.2020
Gewicht: 0,561 kg
preigu-id: 122642313
Über den Autor
William R. Huber worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories and other major American technology companies before becoming an expert witness in patent litigation cases. He lives in West End, North Carolina.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword-Nevada Chapters by Patrick Neylan

Foreword-San Francisco Chapters by Charles A. Fracchia

Preface

Introduction

¿1.¿The End

¿2.¿Roots and Uprooted

¿3.¿Some That Glitters

¿4.¿The Country Reacts

¿5.¿Go West, Young Man

¿6.¿Sutro, the Shop Owner

¿7.¿Mr. Sutro Goes to Washoe

¿8.¿All the News

¿9.¿Mining in Hell

10.¿From Riches to Rags

11.¿William Ralston-Boat Captain to Financial Captain

12.¿Rehabilitation

13.¿Homework

14.¿Endorsement

15.¿Rejection

16.¿Starting Over

17.¿Workin' on the Railroad

18.¿Mines, Mills and Money

19.¿Start Digging!

20.¿Mr. Sutro Goes to Washington

21.¿That Sounds French

22.¿Sutro Builds Sutro

23.¿Water, Water

24.¿The King Is Dead; Long Live the Kings

25.¿A Hole in the Ground to Pour Money Into

26.¿The Devil Is in the Details

27.¿A Family Man?

28.¿Return to San Francisco

29.¿Sutro Heights

30.¿Clara and Leah

31.¿The Cliff House-Before Sutro

32.¿The Cliff House-With Sutro

33.¿Gingerbread Palace

34.¿Glass Houses

35.¿The Philobiblist

36.¿His Honor, the Mayor

37.¿Decline, Demise, Disputes

38.¿Epilogue-Nevada

39.¿Epilogue-San Francisco

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 296
ISBN-13: 9781476680392
ISBN-10: 1476680396
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Huber, William R.
Hersteller: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Maße: 254 x 178 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: William R. Huber
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.03.2020
Gewicht: 0,561 kg
preigu-id: 122642313
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