A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (Dear America)

From National Book Award-winning author Judy Blundell, a thrilling account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.

When Minnie Bonner's father disappears after losing the Bonners' Philadelphia tavern,…

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