
Recommended Reading
Countless books have been written about our City and the Bay Area. Here are some of my favorites…

Artful Players, Artistic Life in Early San Francisco, Birgitta Hjalmarson

Historic Houses of Presidio Terrace, Patrick McGrew

Walking San Francisco on the Barbary Coast Trail, Daniel Bacon

The World Rushed In, J. S. Holliday

The Ferry Building, Nancy Olmsted

Stairway Walks in San Francisco, Ada Bakalinsky

San Francisco Stories, Jack Kerouac, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Randy Shilts, Tom Wolfe, Dylan Thomas, Ishmael Reed

San Francisco Invites the World, Donna Ewald, Peter Clute

San Francisco, The Ultimate Guide, Randolph Delehanty

Splendid Survivors, San Francisco Architectural Heritage

Landmarks of San Francisco, Patrick McGrew

The Best of Herb Caen, 1969-1975

Imperial San Francisco, Urban Power, Earthly Ruin, Gray Brechin

The Big Four, Oscar Lewis

Yerba Buena San Francisco, From the Beginning to the Gold Rush 1769-1849, Peter Browning