Name Dropping: Tales from My Barbary Coast Saloon

by Barnaby Conrad

Book Overview

El Matador was swank, the most attractive room in America. Part saloon, part salon, one might on any given night find Truman Capote, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra or Duke Ellington at El Matador. Now comes a loving, uproarious, celebrity-filled reminiscence of the hipster North Beach night club that embodied San Francisco in the 1950s. Line drawings.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006258507X
• ISBN13: 9780062585073
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

must read again

I read this book several years ago. It's the only book that has brought a bit of tear to my eyes. Was at the end when they ---well, you read it

Wonderful memories of the "fun" days of San Francisco

This book will bring back memories of the fun, exciting, wonderful days and nights of the 60s in San Francisco. Names,places and incidents I had forgotten about were brought back to life by Barnaby Conrad. I found myself laughing out loud at the anecdotes shared. A great gift for anyone who lived in SF at the time. Nostalgia at its best!