Sleeping Fires [Paperback]

Gertrude Atherton (Author), 1stWorld Library (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 12, 2005

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - There was no Burlingame in the Sixties, the Western Addition was a desert of sand dunes and the goats gambolled through the rocky gulches of Nob Hill. But San Francisco had its Rincon Hill and South Park, Howard and Fulsom and Harrison Streets, coldly aloof from the tumultuous hot heart of the City north of Market Street. In this residence section the sidewalks were also wooden and uneven and the streets muddy in winter and dusty in summer, but the houses, some of which had "come round the Horn," were large, simple, and stately. Those on the three long streets had deep gardens before them, with willow trees and oaks above the flower beds, quaint ugly statues, and fountains that were sometimes dry. The narrower houses of South Park crowded one another about the oval enclosure and their common garden was the smaller oval of green and roses.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...a brilliant, very unusual woman, a woman with a clear and capable brain" -- New York Times Book Review, 1932

"Caring little for convention, [Mrs. Atherton] ... usually produces original and striking novels" -- Los Angeles Times, 1922 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Gertrude Atherton became California's first successful woman author by breaking all the rules. Beginning in 1883, when only men were professional writers, she earned a living with her pen. She aggressively sought publicity before such behavior was proper. And she told stories about upper-class women in her native California when others wrote only of the Wild West. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society (January 12, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1421801337
• ISBN-13: 978-1421801339
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.