Although most of her books fall firmly into such non-fiction areas as wine tasting and history , Wait did write one book that is often sold as an early work of science fiction . '' Yermah the Dorado '' is an adventure story about an Atlantis , in a place that will become San Francisco 11,000 years later . She published the book originally in 1897 . After seeing the effects of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake she made changes to the book . In her reprint of the book , the author called her book '' Yermah the Dorado '' a " pre-vision of what is to be "
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Frona Eunice Wait