The Little Book of San Francisco: A City So Beautiful You'll Leave Your Heart

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Little Book of San Francisco: A City So Beautiful You'll Leave Your Heart
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Orange Hippo
SeriesThe Little Book of...
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 137,Width 113
ISBN/Barcode 9781800691889
ClassificationsDewey:979.461
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Welbeck Publishing Group
Imprint Orange Hippos!
Publication Date 21 July 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'The city isn't like it used to be', long-time residents say about San Francisco, neck and neck with New York for America's highest cost of living, as newly arrived coders and designers share stories about the stratospheric price of a place to sleep or a loaf of sourdough bread. But this is exactly what San Francisco has always been - an open mined and open-hearted city that changes with every generation of newcomers. San Francisco is perhaps America's greatest hotbed of invention. The birthplace of the blue jean, television and the Twitter hashtag, the Beats and the Hippies, the United Nations and the Pride Parade, San Francisco has been shaped by waves of discovery and change, both in its geography and its residents. Yet the essential San Francisco remains the same place the Spanish missionaries founded back in 1776, a jewel of a city constrained and protected by its peninsula. SAMPLE TEXT: In 1867, San Francisco instituted America's first 'ugly law', which prohibited unsightly people from showing their faces in public. (It's since been repealed.)

Author Biography

Orange Hippo! is an imprint of Welbeck Publishing Group. Our list features innovative, quirky books and non-book products that reflect style, popular culture and current trends.