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Season of the witch

Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love
Pages
480
Published
2012
Language
English

Synopsis

David Talbot chronicles the vibrant cultural history of San Francisco from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. This period saw figures like Harvey Milk, Janis Joplin, Jim Jones, and Bill Walsh play pivotal roles in transforming the city. The narrative explores how San Francisco evolved from a lesser-known city into a thriving metropolis during these tumultuous decades.

About the author

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David Talbot

David Talbot, born and raised in Los Angeles, California, is an American journalist, author, activist and independent historian. Talbot is from a media and entertainment family. Talbot attended the Harvard School for Boys but did not graduate after falling afoul of the school's headmaster and ROTC program during the Vietnam War. After graduating from the University of California at Santa Cruz, the only university that would accept him, he returned to Los Angeles, where he co-wrote a history of t...