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Historic San Francisco: A Concise History and Guide | 
 enlarge | Author: Rand Richards
Publisher: Heritage House Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 342329
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 300
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 187936705X
Dewey Decimal Number: 979.461
EAN: 9781879367050
ASIN: 187936705X
Publication Date: April 2007
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 what the heck happened to the 70s & 80s? December 26, 2004
24 out of 28 found this review helpful
while this is a very concise history of the city, with a lot of material packed into relatively few pages, I find it extremely odd that the author skips from The Summer of Love in the late 1960s all the way to the earthquake of 1989. One has to ask, what informed the author's choice to ignore twenty years of history? Did the murder of mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk by Dan White never happen? Did the gay civil rights movement and the development of The Castro neighborhood into the most visible gay community in the world not happen? This seems an irresponsible omission on the part of the author. What a shame.
 Extremely good February 16, 2003
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
I really can't recommend this book enough. Mr Richards is a fine writer who breathes life into San Francisco's history using an array of colouful (and often hilarious) anecdotes. I've read a number of other books on the the bay area's history and for sheer enjoyment this stands head-and-shoulders above the rest.
Solid, concise review of an amazing city's history November 5, 2002
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
If you don't have an affection for San Francisco history, you should have one after reading this short book. While I would have appreciated a few more anecdotes about San Francisco in this book, I really appreciated the breadth of history it was able to convey -- and in a reasonable length. Highly recommended.
very good January 31, 2001
11 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is a very well-written and entertaining history/guidebook to San Francisco. The chapter on the Barbary Coast is especially interesting, as are the anecdotes from San Francisco's early history. Far better than the bilge offered by Lonely Planet and Time Out.
Fantastic San Francisco History.... January 13, 2001
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
This book is a hybrid between a history book and a guide book. Each chapter historically chronicles a meaningful period of time betweensignificant milestones (i.e. the goldrush of 1849 or the earthquake of 1906). Following each chapter is a guide to monuments, landmarks, and musuems that have items pertaining to the preceding information.There is a fair amount of illustrations and photographs and the writing style of Rand Richards is very readable. I highly recommend this book to anybody living in or planning to visit the San Francisco bay area.
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