About the Book

Strange But True: San Francisco brings together the city's most bizarre news items, almost-believable urban myths, incredibly antiquated laws, curious little-known facts, and neighborhood eccentric oddballs and weirdos into one compulsively readable guide.
Whether you're a native San Franciscan or just passing through, Strange But True: San Francisco is your guide to the City by the Bay's wackiest, most offbeat, mostly totally true tales, trivia, and events.
Discover hundreds of wacky, offbeat, mostly totally true tales from the City by the Bay, where you'll:
Meet Black Bart, the Gentleman Robber who held up 28 Wells Fargo stagecoaches only to be unmasked by his laundry mark
Learn how city leaders outlawed burials and evicted the dead from cemeteries - and why it's great to be alive in Colma
Marvel at the monkey that held a security guard hostage and the parrot that was called to the witness stand
Learn why San Francisco Bay should've been discovered in 1542 - and why it took explorers 227 more years to find it
Discover which Pulitzer Prize-winning author bequeathed a plastic bag full of 10,000 rubber bands to Stanford University
And much more!

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 256 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Insiders' Guide (CT) (Jun. 30th, 2005)

ISBN-10: 076273681X

ISBN-13: 9780762736812

Dimensions: 5.64 x 6.54 x 0.84 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.04 lbs

• Categories: Western State History Curiosities Wonders