"It's important not to give up believing in people. Sometimes believing is what makes things happen."
"The true heart of a city is its people, always fascinating and different."
Nicholas Dray ran away from the Lincoln Poor Farm for Indigents and Orphans in Texas. He was a prize cotton picker who lived with his grandmother in a sharecropper's cabin until she died and he was sent to the home. Making his way to San Francisco - the Paris of the West according to his teacher Miss Reedy, he lives on the streets until he meets Mr. Pat Patterson, a stationer, who owns his own shop. Patterson's dog, Shakespeare, takes an immediate liking to Nick. Nick offers to work for the stationer. Watching the shop while Mr. Patterson is out of town, Nick becomes a hero as he rescues friends and Shakespeare from the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and its aftermath. Great facts about the earthquake, its aftermath, and casualties.
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