{"product_id":"spirits-of-san-francisco-voyages-through-the-unknown-city-paperback","title":"Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages Through the Unknown City - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Kamiya\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Madonna\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling book from two prizewinning, critically acclaimed contemporary chroniclers of San Francisco\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea rich, illustrated, idiosyncratic portrait of this great city\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enow in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSpirits of San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e, #1 bestselling \u003ci\u003eCool Gray City of Love\u003c\/i\u003e author Gary Kamiya joins forces with celebrated, bestselling artist Paul Madonna to take a fresh look at this one-of-a-kind city. Marrying image and text in a way no book about this city has done before, Kamiya's illuminating narratives accompany Madonna's masterful pen-and-ink drawings, breathing life into San Francisco sites both iconic and obscure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Madonna's atmospheric images will awe: his wide-angle drawings offer a new perspective on the \"crookedest street in the world\" and vistas across the city. And Kamiya's engaging prose, accompanying each image, offers striking vignettes of this incredible city: witness his story of \"Dumpville,\" the bizarre community that sprang up in the 19th century on top of a massive garbage dump. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHandsome and irresistible-much like the city it chronicles-\u003ci\u003eSpirits of San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e is both a visual feast and a detailed, personal, loving, informed portrait of a beloved city.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Kamiya\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the #1 San Francisco bestseller\u003ci\u003e Cool Gray City of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Northern California Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. He writes a very popular history column for the \u003ci\u003eSan\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrancisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e. A co-founder of Salon.com and the former executive editor of \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, Kamiya has been a fixture on the Bay Area literary scene for more than 30 years. He lives in San Francisco. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Madonna \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning artist and author. His popular series All Over Coffee ran in the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e for twelve years and has been collected into two sui generis bestsellers, \u003ci\u003eAll Over Coffee\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEverything is Its Own Reward\u003c\/i\u003e. Paul is the creator of the Emit Hopper Mystery Series, and his unique brand of combining images and stories has been heralded as \"an all new art form,\" celebrated in galleries, museums, and print.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766354116896,"sku":"9781635579819","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8b63a4b2643fab7c85fb863525e38a7a.webp?v=1780290982","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/spirits-of-san-francisco-voyages-through-the-unknown-city-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}