Fremont Older and the 1916 San Francisco Bombing:: A Tireless Crusade for Justice

by John C. Ralston

Book Overview

On Saturday, July 22, 1916, as Preparedness Day" parade units assembled south of San Francisco's Market Street, a terrorist bomb exploded, killing ten people and wounding forty. San Francisco was outraged. Instead of searching for the perpetrators, however, the district attorney used the bombing as an excuse to arrest, try and convict two obscure labor figures without evidence. Author John C. Ralston chronicles the dramatic events following the initial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626192677
• ISBN13: 9781626192676
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"