{"product_id":"lost-worlds-of-the-san-francisco-bay-area-9781597143912","title":"Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this coffee table book of luminous essays accompanied by an array of images  award-winning writer Sylvia Linsteadt brings to life the many microcosms that once flourished in the San Francisco Bay Area: from the farthest reach of the Russian Empire at Fort Ross  to acres upon acres of apricot blossoms in what is now known as Silicon Valley  to the Coney Island of the West on the Alameda shoreline  to San Franciscos bohemian Barbary Coast. For every lost world  Linsteadt reconstructs the setting in lyrical prose supported by extensive research into each epoch. Vintage photographs  maps  and paintings combined with neo-Victorian design accentuate the words  immersing us fully in the nuances of each reality  whether mining quicksilver at New Almaden or shopping underneath the rotunda of the palatial Emporium. A book both dazzlingly beautiful and sensitive to the complexities of portraying bygone eras  Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area celebrates the ephemeral and  in reminding us of the many moments of humanity threaded through the past  makes our understanding of the present moment that much more rooted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44933966331957,"sku":"ByrdShop_159714391X","price":240.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781597143912.jpg?v=1787676003","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/lost-worlds-of-the-san-francisco-bay-area-9781597143912","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}