TY - BOOK AU - Kurzman, Dan. TI - Disaster!: the great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 SN - 61051748 AV - F 869.S357 .K967 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - New York, NY PB - William Morrow KW - Earthquakes KW - California KW - Fires KW - San Francisco N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-285) and index N2 - 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 ER -