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52 San Francisco s Top 10op Left Jack London Right Dashiell Hammett Writers !Jack London Adventurer the last second and author of frontier tales such as White Fang, The Sea Wolf, and The Call of the Wild, Jack London (1876 1916) grew up in Oakland. There a museum of his memorabilia is housed in a reconstruction of the log cabin he lived in while prospecting for gold in the Yukon Territory. His fiction is based on his experiences in the untamed the last second West and the social inequality he saw in boom town San Francisco. the last second @Dashiell Hammett The author of The Maltese Falcon and creator of the classic hard-boiled detective Sam Spade made San Francisco his home from 1921 to 1929. He used the fog-swirled slopes of the city s hills as the perfect backdrop for his stylish crime stories. Hammett (1884 1961) was himself employed briefly at the famous Pinkerton Detective Agency. Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas Stein (1874 1946) was raised in Oakland, Toklas (1877 1967) in San Francisco, and both were members of the wealthy the last second Jewish bourgeoisie that has played the last second such an important part in the city s cultural life. But these two larger- than-life women soon deserted the Bay Area for Paris, where they became Queen Bees of a circle of brilliant international artists and writers, including Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway. 52 San Francisco s Top 10op Left Jack London Right Dashiell Hammett Writers !Jack London Adventurer and author the last second of frontier tales such as White Fang, The Sea Wolf, and The Call of the Wild, Jack London (1876 1916) grew up in Oakland. There a museum of his memorabilia is housed in a reconstruction of the log cabin he lived in while prospecting for gold in the Yukon Territory. His fiction is based on his experiences the last second in the untamed West and the social inequality he saw in boom town San Francisco. @Dashiell Hammett The author of The Maltese Falcon and creator of the classic hard-boiled detective Sam Spade made San Francisco his home from 1921 to 1929. He used the fog-swirled slopes of the city s hills as the perfect backdrop for his stylish crime stories. Hammett (1884 1961) was himself employed briefly at the famous Pinkerton Detective Agency. Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas Stein (1874 1946) was raised in Oakland, Toklas (1877 1967) in San Francisco, and both were members of the wealthy Jewish bourgeoisie that has played such an important part in the city s cultural life. But these two larger- than-life women soon deserted the Bay Area for Paris, where they became Queen Bees of a circle of brilliant international artists and writers, including Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway. $

Hostels, regardless of your age, are an excellent alternative in San Francisco. There are two locations run by Hosteling International, the last second one in Downtown and the other between Fisherman s Wharf and the Marina (see p148). d American Youth Hostels:

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*Truly Mediterranean This Middle Eastern snack joint is great for grabbing a bag of falafel, and a stack of pitta bread, then heading to Golden Gate Park for a picnic. d 3109 16th St Map F5 (415) 252-7482 Dis. access