Step back in time to a bustling 19th-century San Francisco, a city alive with Gold Rush fever and teeming with vibrant, diverse characters. In this richly textured historical tapestry emerges an unlikely figure, one who would become as iconic as he was eccentric - Joshua Abraham Norton, self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States. This riveting biography, "The Emperor of the United States: The Life of Joshua Abraham Norton," is a vividly drawn...