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The San Francisco Earthquake

Title
  1. The San Francisco Earthquake / [by] Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts.
Published by
  1. New York, N.Y. : Stein and Day, [1971]
Author
  1. Thomas, Gordon, 1933-2017.

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Additional authors
  1. Morgan-Witts, Max.
Description
  1. 316 pages : illustrations, map (on lining papers), portraits; 25 cm
Summary
  1. A moment-by-moment account of the 1906 earthquake and the fire that followed it, using new source material and many eyewitness reports.
Subject
  1. 1906
  2. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
  3. Earthquakes > California > San Francisco
  4. Fires > California > San Francisco
  5. Earthquakes
  6. Fires
  7. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
  8. Earthquakes > California > San Francisco
  9. Fires > California > San Francisco
  10. San Francisco (Calif.) > History
  11. California
  12. California > San Francisco
  13. San Francisco (Calif.) > History
  14. San Francisco (Calif.) > Earthquake, 1906
  15. San Francisco (Calif.) > Fire, 1906
Genre/Form
  1. History
Contents
  1. Tuesday, April 17, 1906. (Noon to 6 p.m.) Tension backstage -- (6 p.m. to midnight) -- Personal grounds.
  2. Wednesday, April 18, 1906. (Midnight to 5 a.m.) An excited horse -- (5 a.m. to 5:12:59) -- Time hung poised -- (5:13 to 5:30 a.m.) -- The big rip -- A fatal fall (5:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) -- Polishing coffin handles -- A tumult of noise -- Appeal for dynamite -- A shared drink (12:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.) -- Last evidence of life -- Explosives in inexperienced hands (6:30 p.m. to midnight) -- Hemmed in by flames -- Eager hands.
  3. Thursday, April 19, 1906. (Midnight to 6 a.m.) Foreign affairs -- A row of guns -- (6 a.m. to noon) -- Harsher tones -- Magical powers -- (Noon to 6 p.m.) -- Exodus on market -- A passport portrait -- (6 p.m. to midnight) -- The last defense breached.
  4. Friday, April 20, 1906. (Midnight to 6 a.m.) Rising wind -- (6 a.m. to noon) Fulfilling a vow -- (Noon to 6 p.m.) The blind gunner -- (6 p.m. to midnight) Reunion -- Saturday, April 21, 1906. Flickering flames -- Aftermath. An inconvenient interruption -- Trials and tribulations -- Today. Encore.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 299-309.