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Philip L. Fradkin




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 | #1103734 in Books |  2006-04-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.50 x6.00l,1.61 | File type: PDF | 448 pages

||11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| fact-filled, but overwritten.|By S. Bird|I'm halfway through, and it's getting harder to choke down sentences such as:

"Like tufts of hair atop a bald head, two groups of structures would survive within the fire zone because of the actions of residents and employees."

I get it, but seriously, we're not far from "It was a dark and stormy night" territory|From The New Yorker|The earthquake and fires that decimated San Francisco in April, 1906, constitute this country's worst urban catastrophe to date. More than five hundred city blocks were flattened or burned. Fra

The first indication of the prolonged terror that followed the 1906 earthquake occurred when a ship steaming off San Francisco’s Golden Gate “seemed to jump clear out of the water.” This gripping account of the earthquake, the devastating firestorms that followed, and the city’s subsequent reconstruction vividly shows how, after the shaking stopped, humans, not the forces of nature, nearly destroyed San Francisco in a remarkable display of simple ...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906: How San Francisco Nearly Destroyed Itself   |  Philip L. Fradkin.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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