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Egan, Ferol.

Last bonanza kings : the Bourns of San Francisco / Ferol Egan. - Pbk. ed. - Reno : University of Nevada Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (289 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-278) and index.

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.

ISBN: 9780874178494 (electronic bk.) 0874178495 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Bourn, William, 1813-
Bourn, William, 1857-1936.
Bourne family.
Bourn, William, 1813-
Bourn, William, 1857-1936.
Bourne family.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pioneers--California--San Francisco--Biography.
Businessmen--California--San Francisco--Biography.
Pionniers--Californie--San Francisco--Biographies.
Hommes d'affaires--Californie--San Francisco--Biographies.
REFERENCE--Genealogy & Heraldry.
Businessmen.
Pioneers.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
San Francisco (Calif.)--Biography.
San Francisco (Calif.)--History.
California--San Francisco.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: F869.S353 / B684 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 929.379461