It Happened In San Francisco

by Cass, Maxine

• ISBN13: 9780762738236
• ISBN10: 0762738235
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: TwoDot

Summary

Beyond the Golden Gate and hills, the quirky and forward-thinking urban melting pot of characters, ideas, and ethnicities has blazed its path through history with an emperor, an earthquake, and epiphanies of rebirth. Thirty San Francisco stories tell the tales of what one U.S. president dubbed, The City That Knows How!

Author Biography

San Franciscan Maxine Cass roams the world to write and photograph award-winning guidebooks and articles. She is the author of AAA Photo Journey to San Francisco, Time for Food: San Francisco, and has updated San Francisco Off the Beaten Path. She enjoys exploring the neighborhoods of everyone's favorite city from her home near Golden Gate Park.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Map	viii
Introduction	ix
Cattle Drive---1776	1	(4)
Marsh to Mission---1777	5	(4)
The Tragic Romance of Concha and Nikolai---1806	9	(4)
Eureka! Golden Boomtown---1849	13	(5)
Blue Jeans---1853	18	(4)
Justice at Fort Gunnybags---1856	22	(5)
Fire Lady---1858	27	(4)
Hallidie's Hill Climber---1873	31	(4)
Nabobs of Nob Hill and the Spite Fence---1877	35	(5)
Le Roi Est Mort (The King Is Dead)---1880	40	(5)
Cliffs, Baths, and Heights---1881	45	(5)
Rescue in Chinatown---1895	50	(5)
Shaking Inferno---1906	55	(5)
Ellis Island of the West---1910	60	(4)
Christmas Eve Diva---1910	64	(4)
Panama Connection---1915	68	(5)
Death of a President---1923	73	(4)
Bloody Thursday---1934	77	(4)
China Clipper---1935	81	(4)
Bridging the Gate---1937	85	(4)
Internment Displacement---1942	89	(5)
The Beatniks ``Howl''---1955	94	(5)
Un-American Hosing---1960	99	(4)
H'Ashbury Lov'In---1967	103	(5)
La Raza Rising---1968	108	(4)
Invasion of Alcatraz---1969	112	(4)
Sunset Bank Robber---1974	116	(4)
Murder at City Hall---1978	120	(5)
Parrots on Telegraph Hill---1990	125	(4)
Gender Together---2004	129	(3)
San Francisco Facts & Trivia	132	(5)
Bibliography	137	(14)
Index	151	(5)
About the Author	156