San Francisco

In the newest book of his popular photographic "past and present" series on California cities, George Ross Jezek chronicles the growth of this "most beautiful" city from the early 20th century to the present. Sixty sets of historical black and white and exquisite contemporary color photos on facing pages offer a captivating glimpse at an awesome and dramatic past and a breathtaking look at the present. Background captions written by historian Kathleen Manning and an introduction by Angela M. Alioto set the tone for this beautiful book, which is a gift to all lover's of San Francisco.