“I have seen purer liquors, better segars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier courtesans here in San Francisco than in any other place I have ever visited; and it is my unbiased opinion that California can and does furnish the best bad things that are available in America.”
Quotes by Hinton Rowan Helper
Hinton Rowan HelperHinton Rowan Helper was an American writer and abolitionist known for his controversial views on slavery and its economic implications. In 1857, he published his most notable work, The Impending Crisi...