Book Reviews

Chronicles of Old San Francisco by Gael Chandler

Looking for a gift for the person who has everything?

How about a unique book on his or her hometown, or the city where the person currently lives, or a favorite city?

Chronicles of Old San Francisco.180I just finished reading Chronicles of Old San Francisco by Gael Chandler and am very excited to share my hometown via this excellent resource.

Whether an armchair traveler or a get-up-and-get-going kind of person, Chronicles of Old San Francisco informs, enlightens and inspires visiting Baghdad By The Bay, as columnist Herb Caen called his favorite city.

Gael collected a monumental amount of research and with attention to detail, created intimate stories about historical figures, as if she interviewed them in their huts, ranchos, schooners, theatres, residences, offices, stores. I wish she had written history books when I was in school. I would have paid better attention.

From the back cover:

Chronicles of Old San Francisco tells the story of a city through:

  • 28 dramatic true stories
  • 8 walking tours
  • 11 detailed maps
  • 55+ illustrations and photographs of San Francisco past and present.

Along the way you’ll meet characters like the city’s foremother Juana Briones, Gold Rush businessman Levi Strauss, confectioner Domenico Ghirardelli, Abolitionist MaryEllen Pleasant, cable car inventor Andrew Hallidie, Bill Graham and the rock legends of Haight-Ashbury . . . and many others who changed the face of the city.”

Gael Chandler recently won the BAIPA Award (Bay Area Independent Publishers Association) for The Best Travel Writing (Guides & Memoirs) for Chronicles of Old San Francisco.

Take Chronicles with you as you tour San Francisco and you will be sure to have an interesting, informative and fun visit.

Take a peek at Chronicles of Old San Francisco video, created by Gael.

Guidebooks on other cities published by Museyon include: Chicago, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, Rome and more.

Pick up a copy for someone on your list and while you’re at it, pick one up for yourself. You deserve a treat!

Gael Chandler.180GAEL CHANDLER moved to San Francisco in 1970 to join the women’s movement and liberate herself. After nine years in northern California, she left for Hollywood, where she edited dramas, documentaries and more and received two Cable ACE nominations for her cutting work on a comedy series. In 2010, she returned to northern California where she continues her love affair with the City By The Bay and the land north of the Golden Gate Bridge—Marin and Sonoma counties. Gael has written feature scripts and books: Cut by Cut: Editing your Film or Video and Film Editing: Great Cuts Every Filmmaker and Movie Lover Must Know and is always up for her next adventure—be it with words, places, or people. You can contact her and learn more about San Francisco then and now at her website.

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