The Silent Traveller in San Francisco

from kidzdoc

Chiang Yee, a noted travel writer, met a San Franciscan during a trip from New York to England on an ocean liner in 1945. His new friend invited him to visit him in the City By the Bay on a future trip. Chiang spent six months in and around San Francisco in early 1953, and wrote this chronicle of...

from MrsLee

Written in the 1960s, the author is an artist and poet who was born in China, but who left in the 1930s to go to England for studies. He had been traveling and teaching since then. This is one of his many books of observations. He tells of the things he saw and learned as he walked around San Fra...

from Othemts

Chiang Yee is an observational travel writer and his books often are in depth studies of a place over time. San Francisco is no exception and his lyrical prose and keen eye are on display in what may be my favorite Chiang Yee book.

from Othemts

Chiang Yee is an observational travel writer and his books often are in depth studies of a place over time. San Francisco is no exception and his lyrical prose and keen eye are on display in what may be my favorite Chiang Yee book.