{"product_id":"silent-cities-san-francisco-by-jessica-ferri","title":"Silent Cities San Francisco by Jessica Ferri - Signed","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eIn 1914, desperate for land after the Gold Rush brought a population explosion to San Francisco, the city exiled its cemeteries, barring burials within city limits and relocating its existing graveyards to the tiny town of Colma, just south of Daly City, spawning America's only necropolis, where the dead outnumber the living 1000 to 1. But there's more to the story of the Bay Area's cemeteries than this expulsion. Silent Cities San Francisco reveals the complex cultural makeup of the Bay Area, where diversity and history collide, pitting the dead against the living in a race for space and memorialization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessica Ferri\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and photographer based in Northern California. She is a book critic for the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post, and the owner of Womb House Books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Womb House Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52952028873013,"sku":null,"price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/6247\/9413\/files\/silentcitiessf.jpg?v=1780363246","url":"https:\/\/wombhousebooks.com\/products\/silent-cities-san-francisco-by-jessica-ferri","provider":"Womb House Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}