Note that not all authors listed below will be present throughout the History Days weekend, but their books will be available for sale in the CHS bookstore. Click on the author’s name to learn more about their work.
To see participating exhibitors, click here.
Author Room and Bookstore
(13—Coiner’s Office/Press Room)
Saturday, March 2
11 A.M.-1 P.M.
Meet the Authors
Robert Aquinas McNally—The Modoc War: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America’s Gilded Age. Speaking at 11:30 A.M.
Gary Noy—Gold Rush Stories: 49 Tales of Seekers, Scoundrels, Loss and Luck
Betty Veronico —Lighthouses of the Bay Area
Nicholas A. Veronico—Depression-Era Sculpture of the Bay Area and Depression-Era Murals of the Bay Area. Speaking at noon.
1-3 P.M.
Lee Bruno—Panorama: Tales of San Francisco’s 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition and Misfits, Merchants & Mayhem: Tales from San Francisco’s Historic Waterfront, 1849–1934. Speaking at 12:30 P.M.
Gerry Courtney—Love Letters to trump. Speaking at 2:30 P.M.
Rubén G. Mendoza —The California Missions
Christie Nelson —Beautiful Illusion: Treasure Island 1939. Speaking at 1:30 P.M.
Laura Alice Watt—The Paradox of Preservation: Wilderness and Working Landscapes at Point Reyes National Seashore. Speaking at 3:30 P.M.
3-5 P.M.
Jan Batiste Adkins—African Americans of San Francisco, African Americans of Monterey County, and African Americans of San Jose and Santa Clara County. Speaking at 4 P.M.
Stephen G. Bloom—The Audacity of Inez Burns: Dreams, Desire, Treachery, and Ruin in the City of Gold. Speaking at 2:30 P.M. in Theater 2.
Richard Di Giacomo—Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area and Ohlone Teacher’s Resource
Meredith Oda—The Gateway to the Pacific: Japanese Americans and the Remaking of San Francisco. Speaking at 3 P.M.
Sunday, March 3
Meet the Authors
11 A.M.-1 P.M.
Laura Smith Borrman—Iconic San Francisco Dishes, Drinks, and Desserts. Speaking at 11 A.M.
Peter Field — author of The Tenderloin District of San Francisco Through Time. Speaking at 2:30 P.M. in Theater One (Room 16–Gold Ballroom).
Anne Evers Hitz—San Francisco’s Ferry Building and Emporium Department Store. Speaking at 11:30 A.M.
Dennis Evanosky —San Francisco Then and Now. Speaking at noon.
Amelia Sue Marshall —East Bay Hills: A Brief History
Denise Sullivan—Your Golden Sun Still Shines: San Francisco Personal Histories and Small Fictions. Speaking at 12:30 P.M.
1-3 P.M.
Gregory Crouch—The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle Over the Greatest Riches in the American West. Speaking at 3 P.M.
Dr. Amy DeFalco Lippert—Consuming Identities: Visual Culture in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco. Speaking at 2:30 P.M.
Monika Trobits—Bay Area Coffee: A Stimulating History and Antebellum and Civil War San Francisco: A Western Theatre for Northern & Southern Politics. Speaking at 1:30 P.M.
Richard A. Walker—Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area. Speaking at 3:30 P.M.
Full list of authors
Jan Batiste Adkins — author of African Americans of San Francisco, African Americans of Monterey County, and African Americans of San Jose and Santa Clara County.
Stephen G. Bloom — author of The Audacity of Inez Burns: Dreams, Desire, Treachery, and Ruin in the City of Gold
Laura Smith Borrman — author of Iconic San Francisco Dishes, Drinks, and Desserts
Lee Bruno — author of Panorama: Tales of San Francisco’s 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition and Misfits, Merchants & Mayhem: Tales from San Francisco’s Historic Waterfront, 1849–1934.
Mary Burk and Adah Bakalinsky, authors of Stairway Walks in San Francisco: The Joy of Urban Exploring
Peter Cole — author of Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area
Gerry Courtney — author and photographer of Love Letters to trump
Don Cox (deceased) and Kimberly Cox Marshall — author of Just Another Nigger: My Life in the Black Panther Party
Gregory Crouch — author of The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle Over the Greatest Riches in the American West
Dr. Amy DeFalco Lippert — author of Consuming Identities: Visual Culture in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco
Richard Di Giacomo — author of Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area and Ohlone Teacher’s Resource
Dennis Evanosky — author of San Francisco Then and Now
Peter Field — author of The Tenderloin District of San Francisco Through Time
Anne Evers Hitz — author of San Francisco’s Ferry Building and Emporium Department Store
Amelia Sue Marshall — author of East Bay Hills: A Brief History
Robert Aquinas McNally, author of The Modoc War: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America’s Gilded Age
Rubén G. Mendoza — author of The California Missions
Christie Nelson — author of Beautiful Illusion: Treasure Island 1939
Gary Noy — author of Gold Rush Stories: 49 Tales of Seekers, Scoundrels, Loss and Luck
Meredith Oda — author of The Gateway to the Pacific: Japanese Americans and the Remaking of San Francisco
Denise Sullivan — author of Your Golden Sun Still Shines: San Francisco Personal Histories and Small Fictions
Monika Trobits — author of Bay Area Coffee: A Stimulating History and Antebellum and Civil War San Francisco: A Western Theatre for Northern & Southern Politics
Betty Veronico — author of Lighthouses of the Bay Area
Nicholas A. Veronico — author of Depression-Era Sculpture of the Bay Area and Depression-Era Murals of the Bay Area
Richard A. Walker — author of Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area
Laura Alice Watt — author of The Paradox of Preservation: Wilderness and Working Landscapes at Point Reyes National Seashore