Herb Caen (Author of Baghdad by the Bay)

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Herb Caen

Born

in Sacramento, California, The United States

April 03, 1916

Died

February 01, 1997

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Herbert Eugene Caen was a San Francisco humorist and journalist whose daily column of local goings-on and insider gossip, social and political happenings, and offbeat puns and anecdotes鈥�"A continuous love letter to San Francisco" 鈥攁ppeared in the San Francisco Chronicle for almost sixty years (excepting a relatively brief defection to The San Francisco Examiner) and made him a household name throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

A special Pulitzer Prize called him the "voice and conscience" of San Francisco. ...more

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Herb Caen鈥檚 books

Average rating: 4.13 · 318 ratings · 49 reviews · 34 distinct works

	Baghdad by the Bay 4.04 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1949 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cable Car and the Dragon by Herb Caen, B.N. Byfield (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1972 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Call It Frisco 4.17 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1953 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Herb Caen's San Francisco, 1976-1991 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Man's San Francisco 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1976 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Herb Caen, 1960-1975 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mystical San Francisco by Herb Caen, Frederic Larson (Photographer) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	San Francisco: City on Golden Hills by Herb Caen, Dong Kingman (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1967 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Only in San Francisco 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1960 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The San Francisco Book by Herb Caen, Max Yavno (Photographer) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1948 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars