Daniel
Alef, Author
Maxit Publishing
eBook, 41 illustrations |
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you think San Francisco is wild now, you should have seen it in 1850. In
1849, San Francisco's gold fever sparked an unprecedented maelstrom of opportunity
that drew the eccentric, corrupt, powerful and cunning from every corner of the
known world. Overnight, San Francisco's mud clogged streets, tents and shanties
would be transformed into a bustling Babylon of American wealth and ingenuity
with paved streets, railroads and brick buildings. In
the eye of this midas storm comes an unusual woman from the South- Mary Ellen-a
lady whose cultured demeanor masks a deep personal secret. Neither the city's
swaggering thugs called the "Hounds," the explosive power of the "Vigilante Committee"
or the calculated U.S. Government's attempts to influence San Francisco are prepared
to stop Mary Ellen's growing political and financial empire. She is the haunting
Pale Truth, determined to end slavery in America, and to transform San Francisco
into the pearl of the pacific. But everything has a price, even for Mary Ellen.
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