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The San Francisco Earthquake /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Stein and Day, [1971]Description: 316 pages : illustrations, map (on lining papers), portraits ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 081281360X
  • 9780812813609
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: San Francisco Earthquake.DDC classification:
  • 979.4/61/05
LOC classification:
  • F869.S3 T44
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 551.22 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) F869.S3 Available 34517000184377

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-309).

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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