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The San Francisco Earthquake

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

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Use in library	F869.S3 T44 1971	Off-site

Additional Authors

Morgan-Witts, Max.

Description

316 pages : illustrations, map (on lining papers), portraits; 25 cm

Summary

A moment-by-moment account of the 1906 earthquake and the fire that followed it, using new source material and many eyewitness reports.

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Contents

Tuesday, April 17, 1906. (Noon to 6 p.m.) Tension backstage -- (6 p.m. to midnight) -- Personal grounds.
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.
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.
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.

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75150226

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Princeton University Library