Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California, with Other Sketches: To Which is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State
Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California, with Other Sketches: To Which is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State
In 1849, a young lawyer arrived in San Francisco with forty dollars and a brother's promise of opportunity. Within years, Stephen J. Field would become the first Alcalde of Marysville, help build California's judicial system from nothing, and rise to the United States Supreme Court. This vivid memoir captures the raw energy of the Gold Rush: the multicultural chaos of early San Francisco, where fortune seekers from every corner of the globe clashed and collaborated; the brutal practicality of frontier justice; and the relentless ambition that drove Field from financial desperation to political power. But the book's most startling chapter recounts his attempted assassination by a former colleague on the California Supreme Court - a bullet to the back that nearly ended his life and exposed the violent undercurrents of frontier politics. This is history from inside the furnace, written by a man who didn't just witness California's transformation, but helped engineer it.
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