Haas Sisters of Franklin Street : A San Francisco Memoir of Family and Love

Description: Product Description Haas Sisters of Franklin Street : A San Francisco Memoir of Family and Love Product Information Outfitted with a new foreword by Kevin Starr, this account of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century San Francisco vividly evokes the luxurious lifestyle and close bond shared by sisters Alice Haas Lilienthal and Florine Haas Bransten. While author Frances Bransten Rothmann recreates her mother and aunt's world of leisure with lively descriptions of high tea at the Palace Hotel, excursions across oceans, and extravagant holiday celebrations that overfilled ballrooms with celebrants, her narrative is much more than an chronicle of empty opulence. Rothmann makes clear that the true treasure of those Franklin Street houses was Florine and Alice's devotion to each other, their families, and their community. In inhabiting the sisters' daily lives of telephone calls, errands, inside jokes, and myriad philanthropic projects, we can delight in the profound sense of wellbeing--of home--that emanates from the pages. And by witnessing two lifetimes full of kindnesses that extended from family to perfect strangers, we too can see the best in others and in the marvelous City by the Bay. Product Identifiers Publisher Heyday ISBN-10 1597143898 ISBN-13 9781597143899 eBay Product ID (ePID) 236731636 Product Key Features Format Trade Paperback Publication Year 2017 Language English Dimensions Weight 0.4 OzWidth 6in.Length 9in. Additional Product Features Illustrated Yes Age Level Trade Copyright Date 2017 Author Frances Bransten Rothmann Number of Pages 176 Pages Lc Classification Number F869.S353j575 2017 Lccn 2017-023887

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Location: San Jose, California

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