Pauper Emperor
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In 1859, a bankrupt rice merchant named Joshua Norton walked into a newspaper office in San Francisco and declared himself Emperor of the United States. In any other city, he would have been institutionalized. In San Francisco, they saluted him. "e;The Pauper Emperor"e; is the heartwarming and bizarre true story of Norton I, the monarch who issued his own currency (which local shops accepted), f...
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In 1859, a bankrupt rice merchant named Joshua Norton walked into a newspaper office in San Francisco and declared himself Emperor of the United States. In any other city, he would have been institutionalized. In San Francisco, they saluted him. "e;The Pauper Emperor"e; is the heartwarming and bizarre true story of Norton I, the monarch who issued his own currency (which local shops accepted), f...
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