Here is a unique portrait of America's favorite city. From the devestation of the Great Quake of 1906 to the spanning of the Golden Gate and the magnificent Panama Pacific Exposition, the classic images of the City by the Bay (visited by more than 14 million people each year) have become part of the American psyche through literature, film, and song. Chronicled in dramatic black and white photographs, taken by three generations of gifted San Francisco photographers from Moulin Studios, this indelible portrait of the cool, gray, city of love, comes alive in history, legend, and lore. Here are the streets where Sam Spade south the Maltese Falcon, where Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman lunched at John's Grill, and where William Saroyan spent his days at the public library waiting for his big break. San Francisco more than lives up to its reputation as one of America's finest and most mythic cities, and never is its mark on the American soul more apparent than in this beautifully printed book. Quotations will be included from such San Francisco writers as: Jack London, Frank Norris, Mark Twain, William Saroyan, Rudyard Kipling, and Dashiell Hammett.
Peter Beren is a literary agent who also serves as a publishing consultant to authors and publishers. Formerly Vice-President, Publishing at Palace Press International, Publisher of Sierra Club Books, Publisher of VIA Books, Executive Editor at And/Or Press, Inc. and an Acquisition Editor for Jeremy Tarcher, he has more than 30 years experience in the publishing industry. The author of six books, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Peter's books include: The Writers Legal Companion (with Brad Bunnin), California the Beautiful (photos by Galen Rowell), Vintage San Francisco (photos by Moulin Studio), Hidden Napa Valley (photos by Wes Walker), Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra (photos by Gary Crabbe) and Moving into Space (with the New Dimensions Foundation). The Writers legal Companion has been continuously in print for more than 25 years.
