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Anton Roman: San Francisco’s Pioneering Bookseller & Publisher

American History

01/18/18 • -1 min

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John Crichton, proprietor of the Brick Row Book Shop in San Francisco, shares the story of pioneering entrepreneur Anton Roman (1828–1903), who came to California from Bavaria in 1849 to make his fortune in the gold fields, then converted his gold into books and became one of the most important booksellers in the West.

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