The Great San Francisco Trivia & Fact Book

This entertaining guide celebrates the landmarks, characters, and local color that make San Francisco everybody’s favorite city. Whether you’re a visitor or a native, you’ll discover stories about San Francisco’s buildings and bridges, poets and athletes, festivals and fault lines. Illustrated with vintage and contemporary photos and drawings, the chapters cover architecture, sports, movies & performing arts, literature, business, history, nature, and the city’s most colorful people. Find out how San Francisco became whaling capital of the world…which minor-league player beat Joe DiMaggio for the 1935 Pacific Coast League batting championship…how many prisoners successfully escaped from Alcatraz…how cable cars work…which 1960’s group coined the slogans, "Do your own thing" and "Today is the first day of the rest of your life." This book will show you San Francisco as you’ve never seen it before!