{"product_id":"trespassers-at-the-golden-gate-a-true-account-of-love-murder-and-madness-in-gilded-age-san-francisco-hardcover","title":"Trespassers at the Golden Gate: A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Krist\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe sensational, forgotten true story of a woman who murdered her married lover in Gilded Age San Francisco and the trial that epitomized the city's transformation from raucous frontier town into modern metropolis--from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Sin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortly before dusk on November 3, 1870, just as the ferryboat \u003ci\u003eEl Capitan\u003c\/i\u003e was pulling away from its slip into San Francisco Bay, a woman clad in black emerged from the shadows and strode across the crowded deck. Reaching under her veil, she drew a small pistol and aimed it directly at a well-dressed man sitting quietly with his wife and children. The woman fired a single bullet into his chest. \"I did it and I don't deny it,\" she said when arrested shortly thereafter. \"He ruined both myself and my daughter.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough little remembered today, the trial of Laura D. Fair for the murder of her lover, A. P. Crittenden, made headlines nationwide. As bestselling author Gary Krist reveals, the operatic facts of the case--a woman strung along for years by a two-timing man, killing him in an alleged fit of madness--challenged an American populace still searching for moral consensus after the Civil War. The trial shone an early and uncomfortable spotlight on social issues like the role of women, the sanctity of the family, and the range of acceptable expressions of gender, while jolting the still-adolescent metropolis of 1870s San Francisco, a city eager to shed its rough-and-tumble Gold Rush-era reputation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrespassers at the Golden Gate \u003c\/i\u003ebrings readers inside the untamed frontier town, a place where--for a brief period--otherwise marginalized communities found unique opportunities. Readers meet a secretly wealthy Black housekeeper, an enterprising Chinese brothel madam, and a French rabble-rouser who refused to dress in sufficiently \"feminine\" clothing--as well as familiar figures like Mark Twain and Susan B. Anthony, who become swept up in the drama of the Laura Fair affair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKrist, who previously brought New Orleans to vivid life in \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Sin \u003c\/i\u003eand Chicago in \u003ci\u003eCity of Scoundrels, \u003c\/i\u003e recounts this astonishing story and its surprisingly modern echoes in a rollicking narrative that probes what it all meant--both for a nation still scarred by war and for a city eager for the world stage.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Krist\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four previous narrative nonfiction books\u003ci\u003e The White Cascade, City of Scoundrels, Empire of Sin, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Mirage Factory\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written three novels and two short story collections. A widely published journalist and book reviewer, Krist has been the recipient of the Stephen Crane Award, the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Lowell Thomas gold medal for travel journalism, a fiction fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Public Scholar grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978190553389,"sku":"9780593444214","price":30.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/fRyDfGYCWS9780593444214.webp?v=1775800927","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/trespassers-at-the-golden-gate-a-true-account-of-love-murder-and-madness-in-gilded-age-san-francisco-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}