A Debonair Scoundrel: The Flamboyant Story of Abe Ruef and San Francisco's Infamous Era of Graft

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. First edition. Jacket lightly rubbed. 1962 Hard Cover. 422 pp. Includes section of black-and-white photographs and illustrations. "In the year 1906, San Francisco was rocked by two calamitous earthquakes. Nature herself was responsible for one; a man named Ruef was responsible for the other." "Abraham Ruef (September 2, 1864 San Francisco, California - February 29, 1936 San Francisco), known as Abe Ruef, was an American lawyer and politician. He gained notoriety as the corrupt political boss behind the administration of Mayor Eugene Schmitz of San Francisco during the period before and after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.