Historic San Francisco: A Concise History and Guide - Softcover

Richards, Rand

Softcover

ISBN 10: 187936705X ISBN 13: 9781879367050

Publisher: Heritage House Pub, 2011

Synopsis

Despite the devastation of 1906, historic buildings and artifacts survive from every period of San Francisco's history. This lively narrative of The City from its very beginnings all the way through the earthquake of 1989 tells how to find the historic buildings, sights, and artifacts that make that history come alive.
Just a few of the things that you will find in Historic San Francisco are the locations of, and the fascinating histories behind:
A 1623 Spanish cannon that once guarded the entrance to the Golden Gate.
A gold nugget discovered by James Marshall at Coloma in January 1848.
The last surviving Nob Hill mansion.
Relics from the 1906 earthquake and fire, including clusters of melted dimes and pennies found in the ruins.
Illustrated with more than 70 photographs, maps, and engravings, Historic San Francisco also has capsule biographies of ten San Franciscans, and historical walking tours of downtown San Francisco, Chinatown, Nob Hill, and Haight-Ashbury.

About this title

About the Author

Rand Richards is a San Francisco-based historian, author, and lecturer. Two of his books are local bestsellers: Historic San Francisco: A Concise History and Guide and Historic Walks in San Francisco: 18 Trails Through the City's Past. He has lectured before many groups, including the California Historical Society, the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society, and the San Francisco History Association. The latter organization recently awarded him their Oscar Lewis Award for his contributions to knowledge of San Francisco history.

From Library Journal

This combination history/guidebook is divided into ten chapters, each of which provides background information on San Francisco's historic buildings, museums, and artifacts. Profiles of sites or attractions include hours of operation, costs, and a quick biographical sketch of a key figure. Four walking tours, a brief review of the sites, a chronology of events beginning with 1542, a discussion of San Francisco's Victorian architecture, and a review of the earthquake of 1989 are also included. With more versatile and comprehensive guidebooks to San Francisco available, like Randolph Delehanty's San Francisco: The Ultimate Guide ( LJ 6/1/89) and Richard Wurman's practical San Francisco Access (Access Pr., 1991), this is a discretionary purchase for most libraries.
- Susan Fifer Canby, National Geographic Soc. Lib., Washington,
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Heritage House Pub
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 187936705X
• ISBN 13: 9781879367050
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 300