Hidden San Francisco: A Guide to Lost Landscapes, Unsung Heroes, and Radical Histories

“The history of San Francisco I’ve been waiting for”—Sean Burns, writer and filmmaker

“A dissenter’s guidebook”—Peter Booth Wiley, publisher and author of The National Trust Guide to San Francisco

“Scores of sparkling vignettes—from Mission Rock to the Haight, Balmy Alley to Telegraph Hill—illuminate the city with the torch of social criticism and the sharp lens of a local sage”—Richard Walker, author of Pictures of a Gone City

San Francisco is an iconic city. But beyond the picture postcards ...