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From: "Ruth Skewis" <>
Subject: RE: [CASANFRA] 1906 Book
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:08:33 -0700
In-Reply-To: <425080BB.4000906@historysmith.com>


Not "Oh thte shame..." Jim.... Just that the right hand doesn't know what
the left hand is doing. Haappens to all of su...

Do you know of a good editor??

Good to see you post, twice yet! Seems this is another book I need on my
shelf.......

Ruth

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Ruth (Grady) Skewis



> -----Original Message-----
> From: James R. Smith [mailto:]
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:48 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] 1906 Book
>
> Would you believe I Smell checked this? Oh the shame...
>
> "Barbara is right; it's well worth the read if just for the
> historic perspective."
>
> Jim
>
>
> James R. Smith wrote:
>
> > Barbara is right; it's well worth the read if youst for teh
> historic
> > perspective. He does take license with a few historic
> characters to
> > make the story flow but it works well.
> > Dalessandro teamed up with Gladys Hansen on the book and is
> working on
> > a documentary film with her on the topic. He also did a
> screenplay on
> > 1906 that will be released as a film next year on the 100th
> > anniversary of the big quake & fire.
> > If you get a chance to hear him speak, it's well worth the
> time. He's
> > an engaging speaker and knows his topic well.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Barbara Marsh wrote:
> >
> >> HI,
> >>
> >> I just want to tell everyone interested in San Francisco history
> >> about a terrific book, "1906 "
> >> by James Dalessandro. It is a novel, I must admit, but it
> has so much
> >> historical detail about the earthquake and the days
> leading up to it
> >> that the reader becomes engrossed in the everyday life of the
> >> characters. The book covers lot of the corruption of the civic
> >> leaders, and having fictional characters intermingle with
> them makes
> >> it an easier read then just straight history.
> >> Several of the characters are real and other fictional
> ones are based
> >> on real people. I certainly gave me a new perspective on
> the things
> >> that happened there in those fateful days. The author
> spent 6 years
> >> on the research for the book so it seems very accurate.
> >>
> >> Barbara Marsh
> >>
> >>
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