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Fascinating San Francisco

Fascinating San Francisco

Hardcover

Fiction AnthologiesRegional: WestWest

ISBN10: 1169188028
ISBN13: 9781169188020
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Fascinating San Francisco is a book written by Fred Brandt that provides readers with an in-depth look at the city of San Francisco. The book is a comprehensive guide to the city, covering everything from its history and culture to its architecture and landmarks. It is filled with stunning photographs and illustrations that bring the city to life, making it a must-read for anyone interested in San Francisco. The book is divided into chapters that cover different aspects of the city, including its neighborhoods, parks, museums, and restaurants. It also includes practical information for visitors, such as transportation options and recommended hotels. Overall, Fascinating San Francisco is an informative and entertaining guide to one of America's most beloved cities.The shops of the jewelers, who perform miracles of craftsmanship in gold fliagree and in jade, are especially interesting, the sensitive-fingered artisans working at benches set in the windows in full view of passersby. The meat and fish stalls, the apothecaries, the cobblers who work on the sidewalks, the lily and the bird vendors, the telephone exchange where Chinese girls operate the switchboard, the headquarters of the Six Companies, the Joss House and the Chinese theatre, spilled over into the Latin Quarter, are among the sights much written about by globe-trotting notetakers in the quarter.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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