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| | |  1906 earthquake: Encyclopedia II - Winchester Mystery House - The house todayPrior to the 1906 earthquake, the house had been built up to seven stories tall, but now the highest point is the fourth floor. The house is predominantly wood frame construction, with a brick foundation. There are 160 rooms, including 40 bedrooms and two ballrooms. The house also has 47 fireplaces, 10,000 window panes, 17 chimneys (with evidence of two others), two basements and three elevators. Mrs. Winchester's property was 161.919 acres (650,000 m²) at one time but now the estate is just 6.5 acres (24,000 m²) - the minimum to contain t ...
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| | | | 1906 earthquake: Encyclopedia II - Jack London - Works
Jack London - Short stories.
Western writer and historian Dale L. Walker writes[4]:
London's true métier was the short story....London's true genius lay in the short form, 7,500 words and under, where the flood of images in his teeming brain and the innate power of his narrative gift were at once constrained and freed. His stories that run longer than the magic 7,500 generally—but certainly not always—could have ...
See also:Jack London, Jack London - Personal background, Jack London - Early life, Jack London - Early literary career 1898-1900, Jack London - First marriage 1900-1904, Jack London - Accusations of plagiarism, Jack London - Beauty Ranch 1910-1917, Jack London - Political views, Jack London - Alleged racialist views, Jack London - Death, Jack London - Works, Jack London - Short stories, Jack London - Novels, Jack London - Nonfiction and autobiographical memoirs, Jack London - Apocrypha, Jack London - References and other sources, Jack London - Biographies and books about Jack London, Jack London - References, Jack London - Novels, Jack London - Autobiographical memoirs, Jack London - Nonfiction and essays, Jack London - Stories, Jack London - Plays Read more here: » Jack London: Encyclopedia II - Jack London - Works |
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| | | | 1906 earthquake: Encyclopedia II - Pacific Heights San Francisco California - Geography Pacific Heights is located on the crest of one of San Francisco’s 42 hills, 370 feet above sea level at its peak, and covers 130 city blocks. The Streets of Jackson, Pacific, and Broadway extend along some of the most scenic areas along the hilltop crest. Pacific Heights features two parks, Lafayette and Alta Plaza, each with spectacular views of the city. To the north of the neighborhood, easily visible from the top of the hill, are the Marin Headlands, th ...
See also:Pacific Heights San Francisco California, Pacific Heights San Francisco California - Geography, Pacific Heights San Francisco California - Transportation, Pacific Heights San Francisco California - Trivia Read more here: » Pacific Heights San Francisco California: Encyclopedia II - Pacific Heights San Francisco California - Geography |
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| | | | 1906 earthquake: Encyclopedia II - Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Location and sub-areas San Francisco's Chinatown is located in downtown. It is roughly bordered by Powell Street and the Nob Hill District on the West. On the east is Kearny Street and The City's Financial District. On the north is North Beach and Green Street and Columbus Street. On the south is Bush Street and the Union Square area. Despite its decline, it has been slowly expanding northward into the North Beach neighborhood north of Green and Columbus Street.
Within Chinatown there are two major thoroughfares: Grant Avenue, which has the famous Dragon ga ...
See also:Chinatown, San Francisco, California, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Location and sub-areas, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - History, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Demographics, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Miscellaneous, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - New Chinatowns in the Bay Area Read more here: » Chinatown, San Francisco, California: Encyclopedia II - Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Location and sub-areas |
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| | | | 1906 earthquake: Encyclopedia II - Chinatown, San Francisco, California - History San Francisco's Chinatown was the port of entry for early Taishanese and Zhongshanese Chinese immigrants from the southern Guangdong province of China from the 1850s to the 1900s. The Chinatown in particular was a stronghold for the Taishanese community. The majority of shopkeepers and restaurant owners in San Francisco were predominantly Taishanese and male. They came as laborers to build California's growing railway networks, most famously the Transcontinental Railroad or as miners either employed or independent miners hoping to strike it ...
See also:Chinatown, San Francisco, California, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Location and sub-areas, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - History, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Demographics, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Miscellaneous, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - New Chinatowns in the Bay Area Read more here: » Chinatown, San Francisco, California: Encyclopedia II - Chinatown, San Francisco, California - History |
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| | | | 1906 earthquake: Encyclopedia II - Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Demographics In recent years, however, Cantonese-speaking immigrants from Hong Kong and Hakka and Mandarin (Putonghua)-speaking immigrants from Mainland China have gradually replaced the Taishanese dialect as many long-time Chinatown natives passed away and several American-born Chinese families moved on to suburbia.
Many working-class Hong Kong Chinese immigrants began arriving in large numbers in the 1960s and despite their status and professions in Hong Kong, immigrants found low-pay employment in restauran ...
See also:Chinatown, San Francisco, California, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Location and sub-areas, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - History, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Demographics, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Miscellaneous, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - New Chinatowns in the Bay Area Read more here: » Chinatown, San Francisco, California: Encyclopedia II - Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Demographics |
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| | | | 1906 earthquake: Encyclopedia II - Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Miscellaneous San Francisco's Chinatown is home to the well-known and historic Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (known as the Chinese Six Companies), which is the umbrella organization for local Chinese family and regional associations in Chinatown. It has spawned lodges in other Chinatowns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including Chinatown, Los Angeles and Chinatown, Portland.
Author Amy Tan grew up in the neighborhood. Her book the Joy Luck Club is based on her ...
See also:Chinatown, San Francisco, California, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Location and sub-areas, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - History, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Demographics, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Miscellaneous, Chinatown, San Francisco, California - New Chinatowns in the Bay Area Read more here: » Chinatown, San Francisco, California: Encyclopedia II - Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Miscellaneous |
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| | | | 1906 earthquake: Encyclopedia II - Jack London - Death Jack London's death is controversial. Many older sources describe it as a suicide, and some still do (e.g., the Columbia Encyclopedia [2]). However, this appears to be at best a rumor, or speculation based on incidents in his fiction writings. His death certificate gives the cause as uremia, also known as uremic poisoning. He died November 22, 1916. It is known he was in extreme pain and taking morphine, and it is possible that a morphine overdose, accidental or deliberate, may have contributed. The noted London scholar Dr. Clarice Stasz wri ...
See also:Jack London, Jack London - Personal background, Jack London - Early life, Jack London - Early literary career 1898-1900, Jack London - First marriage 1900-1904, Jack London - Accusations of plagiarism, Jack London - Beauty Ranch 1910-1917, Jack London - Political views, Jack London - Alleged racialist views, Jack London - Death, Jack London - Works, Jack London - Short stories, Jack London - Novels, Jack London - Nonfiction and autobiographical memoirs, Jack London - Apocrypha, Jack London - References and other sources, Jack London - Biographies and books about Jack London, Jack London - References, Jack London - Novels, Jack London - Autobiographical memoirs, Jack London - Nonfiction and essays, Jack London - Stories, Jack London - Plays Read more here: » Jack London: Encyclopedia II - Jack London - Death |
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| | | | 1906 earthquake: Encyclopedia II - Joe Hill - Early life and I.W.W. activity Hill was born in Gävle, Sweden, a town north of Stockholm. He emigrated to the United States in 1902, where he became a migrant laborer, moving from New York City to Cleveland, Ohio, and eventually to the West Coast. He was in San Francisco, California, at the time of the 1906 earthquake. Hill joined the Wobblies around 1910, when he was working on the docks in San Pedro, California. In late 1910 he wrote a letter to the I.W.W. newspaper, Industrial Worker, identifyin ...
See also:Joe Hill, Joe Hill - Early life and I.W.W. activity, Joe Hill - Trial and execution, Joe Hill - Influence and tributes Read more here: » Joe Hill: Encyclopedia II - Joe Hill - Early life and I.W.W. activity |
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| | | | 1906 earthquake: Encyclopedia II - Joe Hill - Early life and I.W.W. activity Hill was born in Gävle, a town in the province of Gästrikland, Sweden. He emigrated to the United States in 1902, where he became a migrant laborer, moving from New York City to Cleveland, Ohio, and eventually to the West Coast. He was in San Francisco, California, at the time of the 1906 earthquake. Hill joined the Wobblies around 1910, when he was working on the docks in San Pedro, California. In late 1910 he wrote a letter to the I.W.W. newspaper, Industrial Worker, identifyin ...
See also:Joe Hill, Joe Hill - Early life and I.W.W. activity, Joe Hill - Trial and execution, Joe Hill - Influence and tributes Read more here: » Joe Hill: Encyclopedia II - Joe Hill - Early life and I.W.W. activity |
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| | | | 1906 earthquake: Encyclopedia II - Jack London - Beauty Ranch 1910-1917 In 1910 Jack London purchased a 1,000 acre (4 km²) ranch in Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, California for $26,000. He wrote that "Next to my wife, the ranch is the dearest thing in the world to me." He desperately wanted the ranch to become a successful business enterprise. Writing, always a commercial enterprise with London, now became even more a means to an end: "I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres [1 or 2 km²] to my magnificent estate." After 1910, his literary works were mostly potboilers, written ou ...
See also:Jack London, Jack London - Personal background, Jack London - Early life, Jack London - Early literary career 1898-1900, Jack London - First marriage 1900-1904, Jack London - Accusations of plagiarism, Jack London - Beauty Ranch 1910-1917, Jack London - Political views, Jack London - Alleged racialist views, Jack London - Death, Jack London - Works, Jack London - Short stories, Jack London - Novels, Jack London - Nonfiction and autobiographical memoirs, Jack London - Apocrypha, Jack London - References and other sources, Jack London - Biographies and books about Jack London, Jack London - References, Jack London - Novels, Jack London - Autobiographical memoirs, Jack London - Nonfiction and essays, Jack London - Stories, Jack London - Plays Read more here: » Jack London: Encyclopedia II - Jack London - Beauty Ranch 1910-1917 |
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| | | | 1906 earthquake: Encyclopedia II - Jack London - Personal background Jack London's biological father is believed by Clarice Stasz and other biographers to have been the astrologer William Chaney. Chaney was in fact a distinguished and respectable figure in that field; according to Stasz, "From the viewpoint of serious astrologers today, Chaney is a major figure who shifted the practice from quackery to a more rigorous method."
Jack London did not learn of Chaney's putative paternity until adulthood. In 1897 he wrote to Chaney and received a letter in which Chaney stated flatly "I was never married to Flora Wellman," and that he was "impotent" during the period in whi ...
See also:Jack London, Jack London - Personal background, Jack London - Early life, Jack London - Early literary career 1898-1900, Jack London - First marriage 1900-1904, Jack London - Accusations of plagiarism, Jack London - Beauty Ranch 1910-1917, Jack London - Political views, Jack London - Alleged racialist views, Jack London - Death, Jack London - Works, Jack London - Short stories, Jack London - Novels, Jack London - Nonfiction and autobiographical memoirs, Jack London - Apocrypha, Jack London - References and other sources, Jack London - Biographies and books about Jack London, Jack London - References, Jack London - Novels, Jack London - Autobiographical memoirs, Jack London - Nonfiction and essays, Jack London - Stories, Jack London - Plays Read more here: » Jack London: Encyclopedia II - Jack London - Personal background |
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