Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages Through the Unknown City Paperback – 20 Sept. 2022

If you live in the San Francisco area, you'll love this collection of brief and very interesting stories about the city's past. The style of writing is engaging and fun, and it's an easy read. It will give you a lot of new places to explore that you maybe never thought about before.If you're not familiar with the city and are planning a visit, this will give you a new set of experiences beyond the well-known places tourists usually go.Highly recommended.

How often do you regret a book's ENDING? This lovely tome on America’s most romantic and exotic city is a permanent resident on my bedside table. Gary Kamiya’s superlative unique writing style combined with his intimate knowledge of San Francisco’s nooks and crannies paired with Paul Madonna’s wondrous line drawings are a match made in Heaven, especially for those of us who love The City. A must read for any San Franciscan or any WANNA BE San Franciscan. An excellent gift for the adventurous traveler or stay at home fantasizer! I’ve bought this book for many and will continue to do so. A terrific read!

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I am so thankful for his artful sentences, historical context and detail that has been such a pleasure to read. I cannot believe how quickly he wrote this love letter to San Francisco and was excited to see the artwork unfold from Paul Madonna's view. After feeling somewhat disillusioned with my habitat during the pandemic (we stayed in the city unlike so many others who fled) I now get to have a poetic context to live through!

I enjoyed reading "Spirits of San Francisco". All the stories are fun, engaging, and informative. Learned a lot about one of my favorite cities. The illustrations are a nice bonus to the stories in the book.