Herb Caen's San Francisco, 1976-1991

by Herb Caen

A new collection of the writings by the popular San Francisco columnist features his trademark style, full of wit, spleen, and grace, as he considers events of the past fifteen years, including the Reagan Years and the 1989 earthquake.

Genres: Nonfiction, Journalism

262 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1992

About the author

Herbert Eugene Caen was a San Francisco humorist and journalist whose daily column of local goings-on and insider gossip, social and political happenings, and offbeat puns and anecdotes—"A continuous love letter to San Francisco" —appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle for almost sixty years (excepting a relatively brief defection to The San Francisco Examiner) and made him a household name throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

A special Pulitzer Prize called him the "voice and conscience" of San Francisco.

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This guy's obsession with San Francisco seems to be catching.

[Mark Cicak · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you love San Francisco and it's history, this gives you an insider's viewpoint, from a columnist who was born in Sacramento, moved to SF and wrote a daily column for 50 plus years, about the great and small in his beloved, beleaguered town. Dated but informative about how SF got where it is.
Many similar dilemmas still confront SF today.

[Carolyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it. I was living in the Bay Area for most of this volume. The first thing one did in the morning over one's first coffee (and cigarette) was to read Herb Caen. The city he so loved and wrote about is long gone, unfortunately. The book brought back memories of my youth here.