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