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Authors: Judy Blundell
A City Tossed and Broken (17 page)
While the events described and some of the characters in this book may be based on actual historical events and real people, Minnie Bonner is a fictional character, created by the author, and her diary and its epilogue are works of fiction.
Copyright © 2013 by Judy Blundell
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Blundell, Judy.
A city tossed and broken : the diary of Minnie Bonner / Judy Blundell. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (Dear America)
Summary: It is 1906, and when her family is cheated out of their tavern, fourteen-year-old Minnie Bonner is forced to become a maid to the Sump family, who are moving to San Francisco — three weeks before the great earthquake.
ISBN 978-0-545-31022-2 (paper over board)
[1. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 — Fiction. 2. Earthquakes — Fiction. 3. Household employees — Fiction. 4. Family life — California — Fiction. 5. Diaries — Fiction. 6. San Francisco (Calif.) — History — 20th century — Fiction.] I. Title. II. Series: Dear America.
PZ7.B627146Cit 2013
813.6 — dc23
2012014742
e-ISBN 978-0-545-51006-6
The display type was set in P22 Arts and Crafts Hunter.
Cover design by Elizabeth B. Parisi
Photo research by Amla Sanghvi
First edition, March 2013
Table of Contents
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1906
March 30, 1906
April 1, 1906
April 2, 1906
April 3, 1906
April 4, 1906
April 5, 1906
April 8, 1906
April 10, 1906
April 11, 1906
April 12, 1906
April 13, 1906
April 14, 1906
April 15, 1906, 6 A.M.
April 17, 1906
April 18, 1906, 6:30 A.M.
April 18, 1906, 7:15 A.M.
April 18, 1906, Noon
April 18, 1906, Midnight
April 19, 1906, 2 A.M.
April 20, 1906, 7 A.M.
April 21, 1906, 11 A.M.
April 22, 1906, 4 P.M.
April 23, 1906
April 24, 1906
April 25, 1906
April 26, 1906
Historical Note