Season of the Witch : Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love (Paperback)

from jimrgill

Talbot's well written and insightful book provides an entertaining and enlightening look at the recent history of the city of San Francisco. From the 1950s and 1960s, when the city began to shape its identity as a haven for iconoclasts and “alternative” types through the turbulence of the 1970s t...

from JamesT

Great book on the history of San Francisco

from dbsovereign

We lived it and we're still here. A fascinating history of a city torn by violence and plague that somehow comes out of it all stronger. San Francisco's story from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, this book delves into the darker corners of our collective psyche. Though I was here for it, this ...

from Deb_Mac

I was not born until the late 60's but I somehow feel connected and very curious about what was happening when I was an infant. I also feel I should have been there! By reading this chronicle of the Summer of love and other happenings in San Francisco, I felt the Authors love of the city and the ...

from Stahl-Ricco

A great overview of the events and people that shaped San Francisco in the 1960's and 1970's! Everyone and everything is in here, including Janis Joplin, The Dead, Moby Grape, Dan White, Harvey Milk, the Cockettes, the Zebra murders, and on and on and on. I felt like the book was very engaging, a...