{"product_id":"adolph-sutro-9781476680392","title":"Adolph Sutro","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Adolph Sutro was forever seeking challenges. Emigrating from Prussia to the U.S. at age 20, the California gold rush lured him west. At the Comstock Lode in Nevada, he conceived an idea for a tunnel to drain the hot water that made the mines perilous and inefficient. But he would have to overcome both physical obstacles and powerful opposition by the Bank of California to realize his vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Back in San Francisco, Sutro bought one twelfth of the city, including the famous Cliff House perched over the Pacific Ocean. When it burned to cinders on Christmas Day, 1894, he built a massive, eight-story Victorian replacement. He used his expertise in tunneling and water solutions to create the world''s largest enclosed swimming structure, the Sutro Baths--six glass-covered heated saltwater pools with capacity of 1,000 swimmers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Other challenges followed but Sutro was not invincible. After a two-year term as mayor of San Francisco, he succumbed to debilitating strokes wh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eForeword—Nevada Chapters by Patrick Neylan\u003cbr\u003eForeword—San Francisco Chapters by Charles A. Fracchia\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The End\u003cbr\u003e 2. Roots and Uprooted\u003cbr\u003e 3. Some That Glitters\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Country Reacts\u003cbr\u003e 5. Go West, Young Man\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sutro, the Shop Owner\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mr. Sutro Goes to Washoe\u003cbr\u003e 8. All the News\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mining in Hell\u003cbr\u003e10. From Riches to Rags\u003cbr\u003e11. William Ralston—Boat Captain to Financial Captain\u003cbr\u003e12. Rehabilitation\u003cbr\u003e13. Homework\u003cbr\u003e14. Endorsement\u003cbr\u003e15. Rejection\u003cbr\u003e16. Starting Over\u003cbr\u003e17. Workin' on the Railroad\u003cbr\u003e18. Mines, Mills and Money\u003cbr\u003e19. Start Digging!\u003cbr\u003e20. Mr. Sutro Goes to Washington\u003cbr\u003e21. That Sounds French\u003cbr\u003e22. Sutro Builds Sutro\u003cbr\u003e23. Water, Water\u003cbr\u003e24. The King Is Dead; Long Live the Kings\u003cbr\u003e25. A Hole in the Ground to Pour Money Into\u003cbr\u003e26. The Devil Is in the Details\u003cbr\u003e27. A Family Man?\u003cbr\u003e28. Return to San Francisco\u003cbr\u003e29. Sutro Heights\u003cbr\u003e30. Clara and Leah\u003cbr\u003e31. The Cliff House—Before Sutro\u003cbr\u003e32. The Cliff House—With Sutro\u003cbr\u003e33. Gingerbread Palace\u003cbr\u003e34. Glass Houses\u003cbr\u003e35. The Philobiblist\u003cbr\u003e36. His Honor, the Mayor\u003cbr\u003e37. Decline, Demise, Disputes\u003cbr\u003e38. Epilogue—Nevada\u003cbr\u003e39. Epilogue—San Francisco\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040471581015,"sku":"9781476680392","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476680392.jpg?v=1750946863","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/adolph-sutro-9781476680392","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}