The Beat Generation in San Francisco: A Literary Tour
A blow-by-blow unearthing of the places where the Beat writers first came to full bloom: the flat where Ginsberg wrote "Howl;" Gary Snyder’s zen cottage in Berkeley; the ghostly railroad yards where Kerouac and -Cassady toiled; the pads where Jack & Neal & Carolyn lived; Ferlinghetti’s favorite haunts. This meticulous guide also brings to light never-before-heard stories about Corso, Bob Kaufman, DiPrima, Kyger, Lamantia and other West Coast Beats. A entertaining read as well as a...
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The ultimate literary guide to San Francisco, packed with fabulous photos and scintillating anecdotes.Book SpewFor travellers who wish to drive and walk the paths of the Beats and Bohemians; San Francisco is your destination and your luggage is this book . . . and the obligatory packet of cigarettes of course as every Beat loves a good smoke or two.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionTour 1North Beach: City Lights Bookstore1Tour 2North Beach: Telegraph Hill to Chinatown via Montgomery Street15Tour 3North Beach: Graut Avenue to Fisherman's Wharf43Tour 4North Beach: Broadway at Columbus to Washington Square75Tour 5Russian Hill and Cow Hollow: Russian Hill to The Marina District97Tour 6Market Street: The Embarcadero to the Financial District, Market Street to Civic Center113Tour 7Union Square: Civic Center to Union Square125Tour 8Polk Gulch: Polk Street to Japantown to Fillmore Street141Tour 9Haight-Ashbury: Parnassus Heights to Golden Gate Park to Haight-Ashbury157Tour 10Far-Flung San Francisco: South of Market, Potrero Hill, The Mission, Richmond, Sunset, Park Merced173Tour 11East Bay: Albany, Berkley, Oakland, Alameda189Tour 12South Peninsula: San Bruno, San Mateo, La Honda, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, San Jose, Los Gatos, Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Big Sur199Tour 13North Bay: Sausalito, Mill Valley, Mt. Tam, Bolinas, San Quentin213Bibliography219Index223
\ Book SpewFor travellers who wish to drive and walk the paths of the Beats and Bohemians; San Francisco is your destination and your luggage is this book . . . and the obligatory packet of cigarettes of course as every Beat loves a good smoke or two.\ \
