Baghdad by the Bay

by Herb Caen

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$75 Abe’s Books, $69 Biblio

BruceJudd | Mar 2, 2023 |

It would help to have lived in San Francisco during this time to appreciate this book, but it is still interesting to a native Californian who grew up hearing about and visiting San Francisco. Well worth the read just to see what Caen can do with our language. The illustrations are also great. Possibly modern readers would be cynical about Caen's exuberance over his city, but I don't find it hard to swallow. It is, after all, San Francisco. (

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