Disaster! : the great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 / Dan Kurzman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : William Morrow, c2001.Description: xxiv, 296 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map 24 cmISBN:
  • 61051748
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • F 869.S357 .K967 2001
Summary: The award-winning historian and author of "Fatal Voyage" offers a gripping, true account of America's worst peacetime calamity. On April 18, 1906, San Francisco citizens woke to find their world crumbling as an earthquake turned the city to rubble and ignited fires that burned the rest of it. More than 10,000 died. Kurzman presents a terrifying glimpse into this surreal scene as told by the survivors. Maps. Photos. www.alibris.com
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-285) and index.

The award-winning historian and author of "Fatal Voyage" offers a gripping, true account of America's worst peacetime calamity. On April 18, 1906, San Francisco citizens woke to find their world crumbling as an earthquake turned the city to rubble and ignited fires that burned the rest of it. More than 10,000 died. Kurzman presents a terrifying glimpse into this surreal scene as told by the survivors. Maps. Photos. www.alibris.com

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