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1 online resource |
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1 Monuments and Mysteries; 2 Sole Passenger; 3 Baptism and Marriage; 4 1837; 5 New Yorker and Norwegian; 6 A Specimen of the Gold; 7 A Particular Friend; 8 Drexel, Sather & Church; 9 Congratulating Himself on Freedom; 10 Cigars, Wine, and Other Evils; 11 The Turning Point; 12 Law in a Lawless City; 13 Gold, Pigs, and a Summer Residence; 14 The Foundation of Man's Future Circumstances; 15 Morals, Money, and War; 16 The Haunted House; 17 Never Sather & Son; 18 Among Friends on Wall Street; 19 Under the Fever Trees |
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20 Peder and Jane21 In Memoriam; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Peder Sather was a scribe before he emigrated from Norway to New York in 1832. There, he worked as a servant and a clerk at a lottery office before opening an exchange brokerage. During the gold rush, he moved to San Francisco to help establish the banking house of Drexel, Sather & Church on Montgomery Street. Sather was a founder and a liberal benefactor of the University of California at Berkeley where he is memorialized by the Sather Gate and Sather Tower (the Campanile), three endowed professorships, and more recently the Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study. Karin Sveen, one of Norway's |
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american civil war |
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banking house |
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berkeley |
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biographical |
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biography |
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california patron |
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california |
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career |
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charity |
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emancipated slaves |
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engaging |
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family |
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famous people |
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historical |
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history |
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humanitarian |
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interesting anecdotes |
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liberal benefactor |
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life changes |
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lifetime |
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money and banking |
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money and power |
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money |
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new york |
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norway |
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peder sather |
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philanthropy |
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power and wealth |
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public education |
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successful entrepreneur |
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university of california at berkeley |
| Notes |
Translation of the author's Mannen i Montgomery street : portrett av en norsk emigrant |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Sather, Peder, 1810-1886.
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| SUBJECT |
Sather, Peder, 1810-1886 fast |
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Businessmen -- California -- San Francisco
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Businessmen
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Emigration and immigration
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San Francisco (Calif.) -- Emigration and immigration
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California -- San Francisco
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520957121 |
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0520957121 |
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1306168244 |
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9781306168243 |
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