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A Ship of 49 on the Rainy San Francisco Wharf
A peculiar tale unfolds in January 1854 San Francisco where a beached ship renamed Pontiac becomes a floating tenement. Abner Nott, a western farmer, rents rooms to tenants and his daughter Rosey, while a mysterious lodger, a gaudily dressed man, appears. Rosey befriends the ship’s strange world as Nott contemplates selling, amid rent struggles and an odd loan of her father’s for the vessel’s upkeep. The narrative blends frontier ambition with a haunting urban fantasy on Long Wharf.
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Chayter
San Francisco
Long Wharf
Travsfer
Pombie
Marseilles
Pardner
Abner Nott
Petaluma
Marcelleys
Ani
Abner Noit
Nott
Almer Nott
Mr. Nott
Rosey Nott
Rosey
Kasey
Sacramento
New York
Frisco
Ronny
Tie
Suthin
Father
Nate
Montgomery Street
A. Nott
St. Fo. Mo
Frenchman Ferrers
Archoess
Levanie
Mr. Nutt Satan
Ile
Tlan
Vic Alvancet
Stepa
Connie
Seringgiercuba
Rosa
Maddemeoiselle
Mr. Nutt
Notts Stringy Ludger
Nore
Mr. Note
de Ferrieres
Kosey
Garrage
Miss Rosey
Venice
Pontive
Trade
Memimon