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"Thank you for bringing San Francisco alive for me. I recently arrived from Australia after months of 'study' with your podcasts, but alas, left my iPod on the plane! My dreams of wandering around with the sound of your voice to guide my exploration evaporated. Thankfully, I was able to remember quite a bit, and was able to impress a few locals to boot! I never thought that I'd find history, let alone American history, so interesting."
— Chris Gold Coast, Australia
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A few of my favourite San Francisco-centric reads ... historiophilic pleasure guaranteed or double your brain cells back!
The Barbary Coast Herbert Asbury's mesmerizing survey of Francisco's dark, filthy & frantic underground history, whose denizens -- freaks, bullies, hookers, dandies, opium smokers, and loose nuts of every variety -- are absolutely unforgettable.
Roughing It Samuel Clemen's wide-eyed account of his Western transformation into Mark Twain. It's half-autobiography, half-high-grade B.S., and 100% entertainment! Here's my review of Uncle Mark's work: »
San Francisco Memoirs 1835-1851: Eyewitness Accounts of the Birth of a City The sleepy village of Yerba Buena becomes the boomtown of San Francisco -- in the voices of its own residents.
More San Francisco Memoirs 1852-1899: The Ripening Years In this sequel to Malcolm Barker's "San Francisco Memoirs", the saga continues; from the Gold Rush to the Gilded age, San Franciscans tell our story in their own words.
For deeper perusal of my San Francisco history books, visit the Sparkletack bookshelf at Powells.com:
Sparkletack was the blog and podcast of a guy obsessed with diggin' up San Francisco history. The site is on permanent hiatus.
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