Product Description: Charles Morris (1833-1922) was a prolific American writer. He wrote dime novels under a variety of pseudonyms. He also compiled the series Historical Tales: The Romance of Reality (1893-1908). Amongst his other works are Half- Hours with the Best American Authors (1887), Tales from the Dramatists (1893), Half-Hours of Travel at Home and Abroad (1896), Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century (1899), A New History of the United States: The Greater Republic (1899), Man and His Ancestor (1900), With the World's Great Travellers (1901), Famous Orators of the World (1902), The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire (1906) and Men of Affairs in New York (1906)...read more

A detailed account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake reveals how hasty and corrupt construction practices made the city more vulnerable to damage and relates the experiences of such survivors as a naval officer who helped save the city's piers and wharves, unscrupulous mayor Eugene Schmitz, and erudite city boss Abe Ruef. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

An informative exploration of earthquakes places a particular focus on the San Francisco disaster of 1906, describing how it affected more than two hundred miles of California, triggered a vast firestorm, and destroyed the gold-rush capital.

Product Description: One hundred years ago, the huge 1906 earthquake is told through pictures, some in color, from a recently-uncovered box of 68 glass negatives bought at a flea market. Includes a chapter titled "Measuring an Earthquake" (124pp. color illus. Author, 2006.)

An account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake reveals how hasty and corrupt construction practices made the city more vulnerable to damage and relates the experiences of survivors.

An in-depth account of the 1906 earthquake that reduced San Francisco to rubble draws on eyewitness accounts to provide a gripping look at the catastrophe, it devastating impact on the city and the nation, and heroic efforts to rebuild the city.

The George Polk Memorial Award-winning historian investigates the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, bringing to life this horrible natural disaster--registering 8.3 on the Richter scale--and the subsequent fire that raged through the rubble killing ten thousand people. Reprint. (view table of contents)

The George Polk Memorial Award-winning historian investigates the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, bringing to life this horrible natural disaster--registering 8.3 on the Richter scale--and the subsequent fire that raged through the rubble killing ten thousand people. 60,000 first printing.