The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire The New England poet and

The New England poet and educator

This rare 1945 thriller offers a delightful example of detective fiction at its very best

Reprint of the Prang Company

Edmonsbury

The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire The New England poet andIn the wake of San Francisco's 1906 catastrophe, an enterprising publisher dispatched journalist Charles Morris to obtain firsthand narratives from survivors. Morris's gripping report was rushed to press a few weeks later, providing "a complete and accurate account of the fearful disaster which visited the great city and the Pacific coast, the reign of panic and lawlessness, the plight of 300,000 homeless people, and the worldwide rush to the rescue."