Union
Square Press
New
York, NY
309
pgs
$24.95
ISBN:
39277-69779-0
An approaching steamer, with
its new so of other places and much-needed goods, generated plenty of
excitement when it landed in San Francisco in 1854. On the decks, passengers
lined the railings to gaze upon the young city and its undeveloped backdrop of
rolling hills. Incoming vessels dropped anchor off North Beach, and the
passengers were rowed in shore as crowds of people blackened Telegraph Hill and
witnessed the influx of San Francisco’s new denizens.
You know, its really hard to write a book review about a
book that chronicles this history of a newspaper. And that is precisely what
‘War of Words’ is about. We have everything here: we have the history of
newsprint, we have intrigue and murder, all of which culminates in the birth of
the San Francisco Chronicle. This book is a history of one of the Northwest’s
coast most prominent periodicals. So for all those budding journalists and all
those historians, librarians, and geeks for the written word, buy this book. It
is indispensable and beautifully written.
1 comment:
What's the murder part?
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