Disaster by the Bay: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 - Rilegato
An in-depth account of the 1906 earthquake that reduced San Francisco to rubble draws on eyewitness accounts to provide a gripping look at the catastrophe, it devastating impact on the city and the nation, and heroic efforts to rebuild the city.
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H. PAUL JEFFERS has published over fifty works of fiction and nonfiction. A broadcast journalist for more than three decades, his books include The Good Cigar (page TK) and High Spirits (page TK); three volumes on Theodore Roosevelt; and the only biography of the late Sal Mineo. Jeffers has taught writing and journalism at New York University and other colleges. He lives in New York City.
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"Not in history has a modern imperial city been so completely destroyed. San Francisco is gone!"
Those were the disbelieving words of Jack London, as he surveyed, on April 19, 1906, the devastation of the city by the Golden Gate.
The day before, at 5:13 A.M., a powerful earthquake, estimated to be the equivalent of 8.3 on today's Richter scale, had rocked San Francisco for forty-seven seconds, with several aftershocks following in the course of the next half hour. As the city's inhabitants scrambled fearfully from their beds, they discovered that the colorful and lively town with which they were familiar was indeed gone, replaced by an unrecognizable cityscape. Hundreds of buildings had been leveled, thousands more were on the verge of collapse, and here and there fires were already in progress, fires which would eventually grow to rage throughout the ruined town for the next three days.
Written by a veteran journalist and author, and illustrated with many recently rediscovered photographs, Disaster by the Bay tells the incredible story of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906.
Those were the disbelieving words of Jack London, as he surveyed, on April 19, 1906, the devastation of the city by the Golden Gate.
The day before, at 5:13 A.M., a powerful earthquake, estimated to be the equivalent of 8.3 on today's Richter scale, had rocked San Francisco for forty-seven seconds, with several aftershocks following in the course of the next half hour. As the city's inhabitants scrambled fearfully from their beds, they discovered that the colorful and lively town with which they were familiar was indeed gone, replaced by an unrecognizable cityscape. Hundreds of buildings had been leveled, thousands more were on the verge of collapse, and here and there fires were already in progress, fires which would eventually grow to rage throughout the ruined town for the next three days.
Written by a veteran journalist and author, and illustrated with many recently rediscovered photographs, Disaster by the Bay tells the incredible story of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906.
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- EditoreLyons Pr
- Data di pubblicazione2003
- ISBN 10 1592281397
- ISBN 13 9781592281398
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine288
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Disaster by the Bay: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
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ISBN 10: 1592281397
ISBN 13: 9781592281398
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