Lower Georgia Street: California's Forgotten Barbary Coast - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:America Through TimeISBN-13:9781634990240ISBN-10:1634990242UPC:9781634990240Book Category:History, Photography, TravelBook Subcategory:United States, Subjects & Themes, PictorialsBook Topic:State & Local, RegionalSize:9.10 x 6.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCM4VH8RA8
Lower Georgia Street: California's Forgotten Barbary Coast
It was a sailor's dream: more than 100 bars, casinos and whorehouses, just a short boat ride across the Napa River that separated the sprawling Mare Island Naval Shipyard from Vallejo, California.
Why bother to head for San Francisco, about 25 miles to the south, when you could raise hell in Vallejo's Lower Georgia Street district?
This was the city's original business zone, but over time the...
Why bother to head for San Francisco, about 25 miles to the south, when you could raise hell in Vallejo's Lower Georgia Street district?
This was the city's original business zone, but over time the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:America Through TimeISBN-13:9781634990240ISBN-10:1634990242UPC:9781634990240Book Category:History, Photography, TravelBook Subcategory:United States, Subjects & Themes, PictorialsBook Topic:State & Local, RegionalSize:9.10 x 6.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCM4VH8RA8
Riley, Brendan: - BRENDAN RILEY grew up in the Navy town of Vallejo, California, earned a degree in English literature from St. Mary's College in Moraga, California, and then spent two years as a sailor aboard a Navy ammunition ship during the Vietnam War. He had a 39-year career as a political and government affairs writer for The Associated Press. After retiring from the AP, he returned to his...
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