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Barbary Coast

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Barbary Coast , waterfront area of San Francisco, Calif., in the years after the 1849 gold rush. Gamblers, gangsters, prostitutes, and confidence men flourished, and the brothels, saloons, and disreputable boardinghouses made the Barbary Coast—named after the pirate coast of North Africa—notorious throughout the world. Author not available, BARBARY COAST. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast, North Africa The historical name for the North African coastline stretching westwards from Egypt to the Atlantic. The name comes... Read more
Barbary Coast
...European states. After the U.S. war with Tripoli ( Tripolitan War ), the U.S. expedition to Algiers (1815), and the bombardment of Algiers by the British (1816), the pirates ceased exacting tribute. Barbary Coast Barbary Coast Barbary Coast Read more

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Free Article Visions of Frisco; an imaginative depiction of San Francisco during the gold rush & the Barbary Coast era.(Brief article)(Book review)
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