Books on the History of San Francisco
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Disaster! The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
by Dan Kurzman, 2001 $25.00 (less discount) |
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| "A profound and affecting documentary of San
Francisco's darkest hours." -- Booklist "Riveting . . . Kurzman brings history alive." -- San Francisco Chronicle | |
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National Trust Guide / San Francisco: America's Guide for Architecture and History Travelers
by Peter Booth Wiley, 2000 $19.95 (less discount) |
| Filled with historical and contemporary
photographs as well as helpful maps, this unique book offers a comprehensive architectural
guide to the many distinctive communities of one of America's most popular cities. Peter Booth
Wiley takes readers on a tour of some of the most impressive and well-known sights, including:
the Waterfront, Market Street, the Beaux-Arts mansions of Nob Hill, the colorful Queen Anne
residences of the Mission district, Chinatown, Pacific Heights, and the Presidio. | |
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Imperial San Francisco : Urban Power, Earthly Ruin
by Gray A. Brechin, 1999 $29.95 (less discount) |
| A classic of urban history, environmental history,
California history, and socially oriented architectural
criticism, this work contains scholarship that is
thrilling in its comprehensiveness. Never before have
the inner dynamics of the regional civilization centered
in San Francisco been so comprehensively integrated.
-- Dr. Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California | |
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San Francisco Album : Photographs, 1854-1856
by G. R. Fardon, Rodger C. Birt, 1999 $50.00 (less discount) |
| Originally published in 1856 as Photographs of the
Most Beautiful Views and Public Buildings of
San Francisco, G.R. Fardon's San Francisco Album is
the earliest existing photographic record of an
American city and one of the earliest of any city in
the world. An unmatched historical document of San
Francisco during its years of rapid growth and
burgeoning prosperity in the wake of the Gold Rush,
the album is aesthetically compelling as well. The
plates themselves are some of the oldest surviving
photographs on paper made in the United States.
Fardon's detailed images depict a booming downtown,
a rural South Park, the famous Merchant's Exchange on
Battery Street, Fort Vigilance, City Hall, and a
four-part panorama of the city taken from atop Nob
Hill. | |
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The Annals of San Francisco
Richard Dillon (Introduction), Frank Soule, James Nisbet, John H. Gihon, 1999 $23.95 (less discount) |
| Written by three journalists who were witnesses to
and participants in the extraordinary events they
describe, The Annals of San Francisco, originally
published in 1855, is both an essential record for
historians and a delightful narrative for general
readers. Over 100 historical engravings are included. | |
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Denial of Disaster : The Untold Story and Photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire or 1906
by Gladys Hansen, Emmet Condon, David Fowler (Editor), 1989 $29.95 (less discount) |
| With beautiful laser scanner duotones and 365
previously unpublished photographs, this is a fascinating study of the "great quake" in
San Francisco in 1906--and of the likelihood of a similar
quake today. | |
