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# Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love

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Review: The good, the bad, and the very ugly - Talbot’s well written and insightful book provides an entertaining and enlightening look at the recent history of the city of San Francisco. From the 1950s and 1960s, when the city began to shape its identity as a haven for iconoclasts and “alternative” types through the turbulence of the 1970s to the both admirable and regrettable developments of the end of the twentieth century, Talbot’s critical eye reports on the good, the bad, and the very ugly. Although the author eschews the temptation to romanticize San Francisco’s multidimensional history, he acknowledges all the best that the city has to offer as he portrays the struggles and hardships that many readers might not be aware of—for example, the racial divide that vexed the city for much of the 1970s and the uneasy political partnerships that existed between venerable liberal figures like Mayor George Moscone, Harvey Milk, and the Peoples Temple, Jim Jones’ suicide cult, which once held an eerie degree of political power in the city. Talbot devotes large sections of the book to the SLA and its abduction of Patty Hearst, San Francisco’s evolution as the gay capital of the US (if not the world), the strange ordeal of the Peoples Temple, Dan White’s assassination of Moscone and Milk, Dianne Feinstein’s political ascension, and other bits of history both profound (the Zebra murders) and uplifting (the 49ers’ triumph as NFL champions). Overall, a compelling examination of the city of San Francisco, and a must-read for anyone who lives there or who has ever been curious about the city’s unique appeal.
Review: well researched....a delightful read - Haing lived in the area from 1982 to 2007,...it was fascinating to to understand and the context of San Francisco/bay area history from the 60's and 70's before lived there. This book vividly and eloquently contextualixed my own experience of living there for over thirty years. The author captured the zeitgiest of my beloved San Francisco. I pracised Pharmacy in the castro where I also met Cleve Jones..one of the people who valiantly dealt with the horrific carnage of the aids epidemic. As a personal aside..I would not be writing this book review had I not practised celebacy for many years ..not an easy thing to do for a 25 year old man. The end of the book was especialy poignant for me when it it seemed as if cleve Jones was on the cusp of dying..........just turned 65 a few days ago...we made it, Cleve!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #30,026 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3 in Western U.S. Biographies #68 in U.S. State & Local History #181 in Political Leader Biographies |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,667) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 1439108242 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1439108246 |
| Item Weight  | 1.45 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 480 pages |
| Publication date  | March 5, 2013 |
| Publisher  | Free Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The good, the bad, and the very ugly
*by J***N on December 29, 2017*

Talbot’s well written and insightful book provides an entertaining and enlightening look at the recent history of the city of San Francisco. From the 1950s and 1960s, when the city began to shape its identity as a haven for iconoclasts and “alternative” types through the turbulence of the 1970s to the both admirable and regrettable developments of the end of the twentieth century, Talbot’s critical eye reports on the good, the bad, and the very ugly. Although the author eschews the temptation to romanticize San Francisco’s multidimensional history, he acknowledges all the best that the city has to offer as he portrays the struggles and hardships that many readers might not be aware of—for example, the racial divide that vexed the city for much of the 1970s and the uneasy political partnerships that existed between venerable liberal figures like Mayor George Moscone, Harvey Milk, and the Peoples Temple, Jim Jones’ suicide cult, which once held an eerie degree of political power in the city. Talbot devotes large sections of the book to the SLA and its abduction of Patty Hearst, San Francisco’s evolution as the gay capital of the US (if not the world), the strange ordeal of the Peoples Temple, Dan White’s assassination of Moscone and Milk, Dianne Feinstein’s political ascension, and other bits of history both profound (the Zebra murders) and uplifting (the 49ers’ triumph as NFL champions). Overall, a compelling examination of the city of San Francisco, and a must-read for anyone who lives there or who has ever been curious about the city’s unique appeal.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ well researched....a delightful read
*by S***Y on December 12, 2023*

Haing lived in the area from 1982 to 2007,...it was fascinating to to understand and the context of San Francisco/bay area history from the 60's and 70's before lived there. This book vividly and eloquently contextualixed my own experience of living there for over thirty years. The author captured the zeitgiest of my beloved San Francisco. I pracised Pharmacy in the castro where I also met Cleve Jones..one of the people who valiantly dealt with the horrific carnage of the aids epidemic. As a personal aside..I would not be writing this book review had I not practised celebacy for many years ..not an easy thing to do for a 25 year old man. The end of the book was especialy poignant for me when it it seemed as if cleve Jones was on the cusp of dying..........just turned 65 a few days ago...we made it, Cleve!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well written
*by K***R on December 15, 2025*

This book is well written--although 'choppy' in parts. It sometimes feels over the top with it's prose. A very good read about some very crazy times in San Francisco and how it relates to today. I especially enjoyed the whole Patty Hearst/SLA section and think it you want to understand the City, and its convoluted history, this book is a good resource.

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