Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-178).
Prologue -- Gus, San Francisco's native son -- San Francisco in the gay nineties -- The stowaway -- Early Seattle -- Hobo kid -- Sierra holdup, 1900 -- Yosemite, 1902 -- We rode the flume -- Rhyolite, 1906 and 1907 -- Old Newport, 1911 to the 1930s -- An unforgettable character