Earthquake!
On a Peaceful Spring Morning Disaster Strikes San Francisco
New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2004.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: 48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm.
On the early morning of April 19, 1906, the city of San Francisco was struck by a devastating earthquake that crumpled buildings, cracked water mains, broke gas pipes, and sent kerosene lamps flying. Fires quickly engulfed most of the city, leaving exhausted civilians to fight the flames with well water, sewer water, and old rags. Despite valiant rescue efforts, estimates place the death toll at around 3,000. Using never-before-published survivor narratives and informational sidebars, Earthquake! reveals the full story of one of the greatest disasters in American history.
Series: Tanaka, Shelley. Day that changed America.
Subjects:
Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0786818824 (trade)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C HISTORY Disaster Tan | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY Disaster Tan | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | In |
"A Hyperion/Madison Press book."