num_pages: 368
description: Now available in paperback, James Dalessandro's "riveting account of corruption, greed, and murder in the City by the Bay" ( Dallas Morning News ) was a best-seller in hardcover and production has begun on a major motion picture. Set during the great San Francisco earthquake and fire, this page-turning historical novel reveals recently uncovered facts that forever change our understanding of what really happened. Narrated by a feisty young reporter, Annalisa Passarelli, the novel paints a vivid picture of the Post-Victorian city, from the mansions of Nob Hill to the underbelly of the Barbary Coast to the arrival of tenor Enrico Caruso and the Metropolitan Opera. Central to the story is the ongoing battle fought even as the city burns that pits incompetent and unscrupulous politicians against a coalition of honest police officers, newspaper editors, citizens, and a lone federal prosecutor. James Dalessandro weaves unforgettable characters and actual events into a compelling epic.
language: English
title: 1906
titlecomplete: 1906
genres: Audiobook, American, Book Club, Historical, Historical Fiction, United States, Adult Fiction, Crime, Adult, Fiction
ratings_count: 1264
places: San Francisco, California
publisher: Chronicle Books