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| Meigg's
Wharf (center) & San Francisco viewed from Marin in 1856.
Telegraph Hill is just to the left; Russian Hill is to the
right. |
I was born and raised
in San Francisco, the city being my family's home since 1856.
When I meet people who used to live in San Francisco or visited
in years gone by, they often give me the tired old line, "I
used to love going there but it's no longer the same." That's
the point of my book, San Franciscos Lost
Landmarks, published by Quill Driver Books / Word Dancer Press. San
Francisco has never been "the same" in its entire
history and it's not just because of the 1906 earthquake and
fire. The
city began in a state of metamorphosis and has never stopped.
Fifty years from now, the complaints will be the same.
I've captured some of the fun places and events
in the city with the goal of entertaining first, then educating.
There's no test
at the end of San Francisco's Lost Landmarks. With over 150
photos and graphic representations, it's written to be read.
San Francisco's
Lost Landmarks is available at local bookstores and through Amazon.com as well as from this site (autographed).
A second book, California Snatch Racket is now complete and will be published by Quill Driver Books / Word Dancer Press, release planned for the Spring of 2010. Written in a joint effort by noted author W. Lane Rogers and this author, it offers a new looks at the kidnapping trend of the early twentieth century.
My best regards,
Jim
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