The San Franciscans - Hardcoverby Niven Busch (Author) The San Franciscans is a novel by Niven Busch, set in the city of San Francisco during the 1950s. The story follows a group of characters who are all connected to the city in different ways. There's Tom, a young lawyer who is engaged to a wealthy socialite but finds himself drawn to a working class woman named Mary. There's also Mary's brother, Johnny, a former boxer who is struggling to make ends meet as a cab driver, and his