Black Dove (42 page)

Herbert Asbury, author of
The Barbary Coast
; Richard H. Dillon, author of
The Hatchet Men
; Evelyn Wells, author of
Champagne Days of San Francisco
; and last but not least (
most
, in fact, because she’s willing to answer incredibly strange questions from total strangers), Judy Yung, author
of
Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco
—for lighting the way.

(Additional light was shed by Tom Carey of the San Francisco Public Library’s San Francisco History Center, Doris Tseng of the San Francisco Public Library’s Chinese Center, Robert Crowe of the Telephone Exchange Name Project, Linda Lee of All About Chinatown Tours, and Fisher L. Forrest of . . . well, he’s just a guy, but he sure knows a lot about guns.)

Helen Chin and Cecily Hunt—for helping me look good (no easy feat).

Mark and Alyssa Nickell—for helping me stay sane.

Billie Bloebaum, Aldo Calcagno, “Cap’n Bob” Napier, and Matt Nigro—for getting me there.

Kate and Mojo and Mar—for being there.