Fifteen San Francisco writers
Subtitle: profiles
By: by Philip and Linda Fanning.
Contributors: Fanning, Linda.
Published: 1989
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Authors, American -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography; American literature -- California -- San Francisco -- History and criticism
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: 15 San Francisco writers
Notes: The writers were the proprietors of Fanning's Bookstore in San Francisco.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The veteran pioneer of all : Richard Henry Dana, Jr., and Two years before the mast; title: Father of the western tale : Bret Harte and The luck of Roaring Camp; title: The "Washoe giant" : Mark Twain and Roughing it; title: "Bitter Bierce" : Ambrose Bierce and his short stories; title: Patron saint of environmentalists : John Muir and The mountains of California; title: The romantic Scot : Robert Louis Stevenson and Silverado squatters; title: Ground-breaking realist : Frank Norris and McTeague; title: "Wolf" : Jack London and The cruise of the Dazzler; title: Father of the hard-boiled detective novel : Dashiell Hammett and The Maltese falcon; title: Biographer of the last "wild" Indian : Theodora Kroeber and Ishi in two worlds; title: The writer as knight-errant : John Steinbeck and Cannery Row; title: "The greatest writer in the world" : William Saroyan and The daring young man on the flying trapeze; title: Shaman and showman : Alan Watts and In my own way; title: Spokesman for the Beat Generation : Jack Kerouac and The Dharma bums; title: Longshoreman-philosopher : Eric Hoffer and The ordeal of change.