Quotable San Francisco Historic Moments In Memorable Words

Author : Paul Eliel
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666384638
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book The Waterfront and General Strikes, San Francisco, 1934: A Brief History (Classic Reprint) written by Paul Eliel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-02-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Waterfront and General Strikes, San Francisco, 1934: A Brief History Because of the fact that less than a month was spent in its completion, what follows must, in spite of every effort to check statements made, contain not a few inaccuracies. Had more time been available to examine sources some of these would, undoubtedly, have been caught. But again the exigencies of time made this procedure impossible. A word must be said as to references. Almost without exception every statement made on the basis of a newspaper reference was checked to be certain that it appeared in more than one paper. The particular paper re ferred to in each instance is the one that seemed to carry the most complete and, inferentially, the most accurate statement. In many cases where reference is made to a specific paper the events or circumstances described in the news paper narrative also came within the field of personal knowledge of the writer and in some instances within his personal observation. It may not always be possible to trace newspaper references from regular library files since the writer had available for his purposes every clipping from every edition of the most important newspapers in the San Francisco Bay area. Since many editions appeared each day, particularly during the period of the general strike, some of the references may, as indicated, not be found in an ordinary file. Reference to the files and records of the Industrial Association indicates, as a rule, material in diaries available to the writer, or in the file of weekly memoranda issued to its Board of Directors. Press releases were also used as references in some cases. While this technic cannot lay claim to the accuracy that would be expected of a studious and detailed piece of historical research, it is felt that the narra tive which follows, and which was written while the recollection of events was still fresh, may serve such as read it as an outline of the spectacular events which it attempts to cover. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.