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Port O’ Gold

by Louis J. Stellman

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Epigraph
  3. 3Preface
  4. 4Prologue
  5. 5Chapter I — Yerba Buena
  6. 6Chapter II — The Gambled Patrimony
  7. 7Chapter III — The Gringo Ships
  8. 8Chapter IV — American Occupation
  9. 9Chapter V — An Offer and a Threat
  10. 10Chapter VI — The First Election
  11. 11Chapter VII — The Rancheros Revolt
  12. 12Chapter VIII — McTURPIN’s Coup
  13. 13Chapter IX — The Elopement
  14. 14Chapter X — Hull “Capitulates”
  15. 15Chapter XI — San Francisco Is Named
  16. 16Chapter XII — The New York Volunteers
  17. 17Chapter XIII — The “Sydney Ducks”
  18. 18Chapter XIV — The Auction on the Beach
  19. 19Chapter XV — The Beginning of Law
  20. 20Chapter XVI — Gold! Gold! Gold!
  21. 21Chapter XVII — The Quest of Fortune
  22. 22Chapter XVIII — News of Benito
  23. 23Chapter XIX — The Veiled Woman
  24. 24Chapter XX — A Call in the Night
  25. 25Chapter XXI — Outfacing the Enemy
  26. 26Chapter XXII — Shots in the Dark
  27. 27Chapter XXIII — The New Arrival
  28. 28Chapter XXIV — The Chaos of ’49
  29. 29Chapter XXV — Retrieving a Birthright
  30. 30Chapter XXVI — Fire! Fire! Fire!
  31. 31Chapter XXVII — Politics and a Warning
  32. 32Chapter XXVIII — On the Trail of McTurpin
  33. 33Chapter XXIX — The Squatter Conspiracy
  34. 34Chapter XXX — “Growing Pains”
  35. 35Chapter XXXI — The Vigilance Committee
  36. 36Chapter XXXII — The People’s Jury
  37. 37Chapter XXXIII — The Reckoning
  38. 38Chapter XXXIV — The Hanging of Jenkins
  39. 39Chapter XXXV — The People and the Law
  40. 40Chapter XXXVI — Fevers of Finance
  41. 41Chapter XXXVII — “Give Us Our Savings!”
  42. 42Chapter XXXVIII — King Starts the Bulletin
  43. 43Chapter XXXIX — Richardson and Cora
  44. 44Chapter XL — The Storm Gathers
  45. 45Chapter XLI — The Fateful Encounter
  46. 46Chapter XLII — The Committee Organizes
  47. 47Chapter XLIII — Governor Johnson Mediates
  48. 48Chapter XLIV — The Truce Is Broken
  49. 49Chapter XLV — The Committee Strikes
  50. 50Chapter XLVI — Retribution
  51. 51Chapter XLVII — Hints of Civil War
  52. 52Chapter XLVIII — Sherman Resigns
  53. 53Chapter XLIX — Terry Stabs Hopkins
  54. 54Chapter L — The Committee Disbands
  55. 55Chapter LI — Senator Broderick
  56. 56Chapter LII — A Trip to Chinatown
  57. 57Chapter LIII — Enter Po Lun
  58. 58Chapter LIV — The “Field of Honor”
  59. 59Chapter LV — The Southern Plot
  60. 60Chapter LVI — Some War Reactions
  61. 61Chapter LVII — Waters Pays the Price
  62. 62Chapter LVIII — McTurpin Turns Informer
  63. 63Chapter LIX — The Comstock Furore
  64. 64Chapter LX — The Shattered Bubble
  65. 65Chapter LXI — Desperate Finance
  66. 66Chapter LXII — Adolph Sutro’s Tunnel
  67. 67Chapter LXIII — Lees Solves a Mystery
  68. 68Chapter LXIV — An Idol Topples
  69. 69Chapter LXV — Industrial Unrest
  70. 70Chapter LXVI — The Pick-Handle Brigade
  71. 71Chapter LXVII — Dennis Kearney
  72. 72Chapter LXVIII — The Woman Reporter
  73. 73Chapter LXIX — A New Generation
  74. 74Chapter LXX — Robert and Maizie
  75. 75Chapter LXXI — The Blind Boss
  76. 76Chapter LXXII — Fate Takes a Hand
  77. 77Chapter LXXIII — The Return
  78. 78Chapter LXXIV — The “Reformer”
  79. 79Chapter LXXV — A Nocturnal Adventure
  80. 80Chapter LXXVI — Politics and Romance
  81. 81Chapter LXXVII — Aleta’s Problem
  82. 82Chapter LXXVIII — The Fateful Morn
  83. 83Chapter LXXIX — The Turmoil
  84. 84Chapter LXXX — Aftermath
  85. 85Chapter LXXXI — Readjustment
  86. 86Chapter LXXXII — At Bay
  87. 87Chapter LXXXIII — In the Toils
  88. 88Chapter LXXXIV — The Net Closes
  89. 89Chapter LXXXV — The Seven Plagues
  90. 90Chapter LXXXVI — A New City Government
  91. 91Chapter LXXXVII — Norah Finds Out
  92. 92Chapter LXXXVIII — The Shooting of Heney
  93. 93Chapter LXXXIX — Defeat of the Prosecution
  94. 94Chapter XC — The Measure of Redemption
  95. 95Chapter XCI — Conclusion

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