Most people know about The Salvation Army's work at Christmas. But few people know what "The Army" does the day after Christmas. Filled with anecdotes, historical photographs and memories, The Bells of San Francisco tells the story of The Salvation Army in the Bay Area, from the arrival of its founder, Major Alfred Wells, in 1883 to the organization's pivotal role in the rebirth of the South of Market district, which reshaped the city's skyline more than a century later. In these pages you'll find tales of heroism from the ...
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Most people know about The Salvation Army's work at Christmas. But few people know what "The Army" does the day after Christmas. Filled with anecdotes, historical photographs and memories, The Bells of San Francisco tells the story of The Salvation Army in the Bay Area, from the arrival of its founder, Major Alfred Wells, in 1883 to the organization's pivotal role in the rebirth of the South of Market district, which reshaped the city's skyline more than a century later. In these pages you'll find tales of heroism from the great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 to the Loma Prieta quake of 1989, as well as the deeds of he "Doughnut Girls" during World War I and of local Salvation Army volunteers in the aftermaths of disasters in Mexico City and El Salvador and their eight months of efforts in the wake of New York's 9/11 attack.
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Fine. Book Quarto, softcover, fine in brown and red pictorial wraps. 152 pp. Clean and unmarked. Illustrated with more than 100 photographs, including 16 pages of color this history of the Army's heroic work offers a panormaic view of San Francisco's heroic Salvation Army volunteers who courageously serve those less fortunate.
