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Silent Cities San Francisco: Hidden Histories of the Region's Cemeteries

Silent Cities San Francisco: Hidden Histories of the Region's Cemeteries - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jessica FerriPublish date:2021-10-15Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:Globe Pequot PressISBN-13:9781493056460ISBN-10:1493056468UPC:9781493056460Book Category:Travel, HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:West, State & LocalSize:8.54 x 5.61 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.8598Product ID:SCGS1FNWE4

In 1914, desperate for land after the Gold Rush brought a population explosion to San Francisco, the city exiled its cemeteries, barring burials within city limits and relocating its existing graveyards to the tiny town of Colma, just south of Daly City, spawning America's only necropolis, where the dead outnumber the living 1000 to 1. But there's more to the story of the Bay Area's cemeteries than this expulsion. Silent Cities San Francisco reveals the complex cultural makeup of the Bay Area, where diversity and history collide, pitting the dead against the living in a race for space and memorialization.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Globe Pequot PressISBN-13:9781493056460ISBN-10:1493056468UPC:9781493056460Book Category:Travel, HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:West, State & LocalSize:8.54 x 5.61 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.8598Product ID:SCGS1FNWE4
Jessica Ferri is the author of Silent Cities New York. Her work has been published by the Los Angeles Times, NPR, The Economist, The Daily Beast, and more. She lives in Northern California.
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press

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