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The Bells of San Francisco

其他書名	The Salvation Army with It's Sleeves Rolled Up
出版	RDR Books, 2005-06
主題	Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / GeneralHistory / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Religion / Christianity / ProtestantTechnology & Engineering / Emergency Management
ISBN	15714315199781571431516
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Etq_PAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Most people know about the work 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, General William Booth, in 1894 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 the ?Doughnut Girls? during World War 1 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.Here too are the inside stories of the Salvation Army?s selfless efforts to rescue the alcoholics and drug addicts of San Francisco?s Skid Row. And here are are the real people behind plays and movies that have shaped the Savation Army?s public image, from Salvation Nell to Guys and Dolls. Read The Bells of San Francisco and discover why management guru Peter Drucker calls The Salvation Army ?the most effective organization in the United States