Stephen G. Bloom teaches narrative journalism and magazine reporting and writing at the University of Iowa. His interests include long-form narrative writing, writing for the internet, and the oral histories of journalists.
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San Francisco, until the mid-1940s, was a city that lived by its own rules, fast and loose. Formed by the gold rush and destroyed by the 1906 earthquake, it served as a pleasure palace for the legions of men who sought their fortunes in the California foo... SEE MORE