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World Hotels - Historic San Francisco: A Concise History and Guide
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List Price: $17.95
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Manufacturer: Heritage House Publishers
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 979.461
EAN: 9781879367050
ISBN: 187936705X
Label: Heritage House Publishers
Manufacturer: Heritage House Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 300
Publication Date: 2007-04
Publisher: Heritage House Publishers
Studio: Heritage House Publishers
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Summary: Bringing history alive
Comment: Historic San Francisco is written in a light, entertaining style that makes history enjoyable. Richards hits a wide range to topics that relate back to San Francisco as it is today, offering an opportunity for readers to create their own tour and see the locations being discussed. The book is not intended to be comprehensive but rather, covers what I see as some of the best facets of the city. Accurate and well illustrated, Historic San Francisco ranks among the best of the large number of books I own on San Francisco's history. It's a must-buy for San Franciscophiles.
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Summary: what the heck happened to the 70s & 80s?
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Extremely good
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Solid, concise review of an amazing city's history
Comment: 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.
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Summary: very good
Comment: 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.
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