San Francisco: Yesterday & Today
- ISBN-10
- 141271575X
- ISBN-13
- 9781412715751
- Series
- San Francisco
- Category
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-10
- Publisher
- Westside Publishing
- Author
- J. Kingston Pierce
Description
Take a visual and historical tour of the city of San Francisco without leaving your living room. Sand Francisco Yesterday & Today offers it all - from what this city looked like before the Great Earthquake of 1906 to what made it the vibrant hub we know today.
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