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saraleoni's review against another edition
3.0
Overall a good account of the aftermath of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake, albeit with a narrow focus. The author has two interests here: firefighting and anti-government. While he admits the book is focused on the efforts to fight the fires caused by the 1906 earthquake, and a bit how the local corruption affected it, the corruption takes up more than its fair share of the book. The author also trends to some distracting digressions, ones that seem to have only tenuous connections to the narrative.
mommys_got_books's review against another edition
2.0
He waits until the very last page to include this
Author’s Note:
“This is not an academic work, but an ‘historical narrative’ and I have not footnoted the facts so that the reader would not be diffused in the reading. However, all information contained in the book may be relied upon as historically accurate.”
What? Then it’s fiction, son.
It reads like a thesis that needs an advisor to slash 1/3 of its rambling side forays of semi-autobiographical tales of inconsequential persons, political drama of the era as well as events one is left wondering 1. Did it happen 2. why should we care 3. What does it have to do with the great quake and fire?
So many non sequiturs. My brain hurts.
PS Mansplaining.
Author’s Note:
“This is not an academic work, but an ‘historical narrative’ and I have not footnoted the facts so that the reader would not be diffused in the reading. However, all information contained in the book may be relied upon as historically accurate.”
What? Then it’s fiction, son.
It reads like a thesis that needs an advisor to slash 1/3 of its rambling side forays of semi-autobiographical tales of inconsequential persons, political drama of the era as well as events one is left wondering 1. Did it happen 2. why should we care 3. What does it have to do with the great quake and fire?
So many non sequiturs. My brain hurts.
PS Mansplaining.
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