Tag Archives: San Francisco
Outrun the Moon – Stacey Lee
In 1906, San Francisco, fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to have a successful future in business and help her family. She has read and memorized a business book by a strong female Texas cattle rancher, and applies the business principles … Continue reading
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Tagged 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Chinatown, San Francisco
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Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco – Robert Graysmith
A firebug some called the Lightkeeper was plaguing San Francisco. He always struck when the Lightkeeper’s Wind was blowing away from the camps of ex-convicts on Telegraph Hill. In the course of eighteen months he would burn San Francisco to … Continue reading
Posted in adult, biography
Tagged arson, fire, San Francisco
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