Richard Samuel Dillon

The Lawyer Who Doubled His Bets

Handbook of Endocrinology: Diagnosis and Management of Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Handbook of Endocrinology: Diagnosis and Management of Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Siskiyou Trail: The Hudson's Bay Company Route to California

Burnt-Out Fires

Indian Wars 1850-1890

North American Indian Wars

North American Indian Wars

Hatchet Men: The Story of the Tong Wars in San Francisco's Chinatown

Richard Dillon, one of California's premier historians, tells the compelling story of San Francisco's exotic pre-1906 Chinatown when vicious hoodlum gangs held sway. Chinatown, as demonstrated by Dillon's fast-paced narrative, became a cauldron of chaos teeming with thugs, prostitutes, gamblers, and...

Embarcadero: True Tales of Sea Adventure from 1849 to 1906

There are no tales like high-sea tales and here's a baker's dozen of true sea adventures-tales filled with salt spray, blood-and-thunder, and man-overboard action all guaranteed to satisfy the hardiest armchair adventurer. Researched from ships' logs, manuscripts, newspaper accounts and historical r...

Shanghaiing Days

The seamen's lot became so horrible in this period that entire crews frequently jumped ship when a vessel came into port. One result of this was that new crews had to be kidnaped, crimped, or shanghaied from the unsuspecting populace of the ports.These "impressed" or "hobo" crews were still further ...

Iron Men Peter, James and Michael Donahue (California Industrial Pioneers)

Fascinating and well-researched biography of the Donahue brothers whose work was instrumental in the development of San Francisco's industries and the construction of its railroad and port. This books covers not only the sweep of California history but also the importance of Irish immigration to the...

Meriwether Lewis: A Biography

Lewis was undoubtedly the greatest pathfinder this country has ever had. The crucial expedition that he and William Clark led up the Missouri River opened up the American West. This award-winning biography chronicles that bold voyage and probes the lesser known aspects of Lewis's life: his youth in ...

Siskiyou Trail: The Hudson's Bay Company route to California (The American trail series)

Corners are slightly rubbed. Size: 6 1/2" x 9". No marks. Binding is tight but edges are slightly rubbed. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Edges browned slightly. NOT ex-library. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; ISBN: 0070169802. ISBN/EAN: 9780070169807. Inventory No: 023344.

The Circulator Boot Medicare, Bureaucratic Medicine and Uninformed Consensus It Won't Happen in My Family A Personal Story

The story of a medical device, its origins, its benefits, marketing challenges, the opposition of competing physicians and the problems with Medicare

Echoes of the Prairie

An anthology of diverse poetry and verse by seventeen members of The Peoria Poetry Club.