Wildsam Field Guides: San Francisco

by Taylor Bruce (Editor), Lisa Congdon (Illustrator)

Overview

Wildsam Field Guides: San Francisco leads travelers into the most authentic experience of the California city, working closely with a team of trusted locals. Contributors include writer Chris Colin, baker Chad Robertson, artist Zio Zeigler, novelist Julie Orringer, winemaker Andrew Mariani, and poet August Kleinzahler, among others. Topics in the handsome volume include Beatnik lore, bridge building, the Gold Rush, tech busts, the science of fog, WWII, John Muir, counterculture, gentrification and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780615912585
Publisher:	Wildsam Field Guides
Publication date:	11/01/2013
Series:	American City Guide Series
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	3.90(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Taylor Bruce is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Wildsam Field Guides. He grew up on his family farm on the border of Georgia and Alabama. Taylor studied writing at Vanderbilt University, and, after, wrote freelance for magazines such as Men's Journal, Oxford American and National Geographic Adventure, among others. He took a full-time writer's post at Southern Living in 2007. After moving to New York and pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Brooklyn College, Taylor launched Wildsam out of his 500-square foot apartment in 2012. The original Nashville guide caught the attention of national media and thoughtful travelers alike, and in 2015, National Geographic awarded Wildsam the "Traveler 50" award. Taylor lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Robin, and two sons, Booker and Truett.

Table of Contents

1 - Welcome and City Essentials including Hotels, Coffee Shops, Recommended Reading, Calendar of Annual Events, Weekend Itinerary, Foodway, Radio, Popular Music, City Statistics

2 - Bests Lists including Favorite restaurants, bars, shops, city activities, and local experts

3 - City Almanac of San Francisco history in the form of letters, newspaper articles, speech excerpts, journal entries, etc, covering the Beats, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Gold Rush, the Tech boom (and bust), the Summer of Love, Harvey Milk, Joe Montana and more

4 - Illustrated Maps covering the subjects of where chefs eat, the best views, wild animals, the wine country, the bay, and counterculture heritage

5 - Interviews with locals including a bread baker, a flower seller, a tech founder, a sommelier, a graffiti artist, a homeless minister and more

6 - Essays from local writers about the broader narrative of the city including Julie Orringer, Chris Colin, August Kleinzahler and an excerpt from Joan Didion's landmark book Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Editorial Reviews

"For tireless seekers of the authentic." WALL STREET JOURNAL

"This is the freshest-feeling guidebook since On The Road, that Kerouac thing. And Bruce’s has better drawings." - PASTE

"Unlike traditional guidebooks that list the same old must-see sights and touristy neighborhoods, this new series, entitled Wildsam Field Guides, gets at the soul of a city." - CONDE NAST TRAVELER

"An intricate portrait of place; part guide, part tribute, part artwork." - CEREAL

"Your grandpa’s guidebook…loaded with local interviews, lore, hand-drawn maps, and city secrets. Wildsam launched its charmingly throwback series in 2012." - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER

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