The Best of Herb Caen: 1960-1975

Dust jacket notes: "Since 1938, Herb Caen has been the columnist reporting on San Francisco. The consummate insider, he has kept his finger on the pulse of the City, and his daily column for the San Francisco Chronicle is the most widely read and talked-about part of the newspaper. The Best of Herb Caen: 1960-1975 presents his most inspired and memorable columns. Here is his incisive an revealing commentary on San Francisco's personalities, politics, and gossip during a tumultuous era that included the assassination of president Kennedy, the Giants-Yankee World Series, Governor Reagan, Don Sherwood, the Vietnam War, Joe Alioto, the Yerba Buena Center, Dirty Harry, Trader Vic's and Vanessi's, and many momentous comings and goings, as well as scores of 'Caenfetti' and 'Add Infinitems.' Herb Caen's diversity and range - from the short jibe to witty satire to scathing criticism - have made him the undisputed King of 'three-dot journalism' and an enduring San Francisco institution. This new collection and the author's moving Preface capture a writer and a city at their finest."