Author : Claudine Chalmers
Release : 2007
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 843/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis French San Francisco by : Claudine Chalmers
Download or read book French San Francisco written by Claudine Chalmers. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteenth-century California was not a destination for the faint of heart, and Frenchmen are usually said to prefer their slippers to their traveling boots. Yet many visitors from France--starting in 1786 with legendary explorer Count de LapAA(c)rouse--made their way to the remote and beautiful territory, leaving enduring accounts and images of their experience. As France's troubled revolutionary era began in the 1840s, tens of thousands of Frenchmen journeyed to California's goldfields. Some found wealth, others freedom, and some death. Many remained in San Francisco, helping shape the city and make it French from the inside.
