The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906: How San Francisco Nearly Destroyed Itself by Philip L. Fradkin

The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906: How San Francisco Nearly Destroyed Itself

Philip L. Fradkin

418 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history nature informative slow-paced
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The first indication of the prolonged terror that followed the 1906 earthquake occurred when a ship steaming off San Francisco's Golden Gate "seemed to jump clear out of the water." This gripping account of the earthquake, the devastating firestor...

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