The City That Waits To Die

The City That Waits To Die is a historic fiction account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its impact on to intertwined fictional families the McCurrens and the Pritchards. Since the California Gold Rush they have shared a bond begun by the fellowship of their patriarchs Finney McCurren and Lucas Pritchard. The story tells of the McCurren and Pritchard actions and impressions of their ravaged world during a twenty-four hour period centered upon the 1906 earthquake. There is fire peril and missing family and friends a train depot explosion and a hurried trek to San Francisco on stolen horseback. I was hungry for authentic detail and poured over as many resources as I could find attempting to make The City That Waits To Die richer to make it real. In addition to residing in San Francisco for ten years and still visiting regularly I spent two years researching the 1906 details of San Francisco.