Wels, Susan

Still, readers will find Guiteau’s devolution into an assassin and the history of Oneida both fascinating and shocking, with uncanny parallels to today’s news stories.

No other books have been written about the commission, though Michele H. Bogart's The Politics of Urban Beauty and Sarah Schrank's Art and the City cover the arts-government relationship in New York City and Los Angeles, respectively. For readers interested in San Francisco's cultural history and in how government, community, and artists can work together for the benefit of all.