Tom Maguire: An Irish Impresario in 19th Century San Francisco
Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San FranciscoIn partnership with Hinterland. Glen Gendzel, San Jose State University historian, looks at the rollercoaster career of Tom Maguire, son of New York Irish pre-Famine immigrants. Maguire was an illiterate taxi driver when he joined the California Gold Rush. He then rose to the top of the theater business in…