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War of Words: A True Tale of Newsprint and Murder
War of Words A True Tale of Newsprint and Murder
Author: Simon Read
When the news business was literally a matter of life and death?A real-life Barbary Coast, War of Words details the bloody birth of the San Francisco Chronicle, when verbal blows traded between two of the town?s most powerful men escalated into violence on the streets of 1880s San Francisco. Gun-toting newspaper publ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781402756122
ISBN-10: 1402756127
Publication Date: 5/5/2009
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Union Square Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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A well-written account of old San Francisco at a time when guns were used to counter insults. Yes, it's history, but it doesn't read like history. Personalities come alive and, eventually, come into conflict. A fascinating account of the times when the truth really was stranger than fiction.


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