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Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror (Annotated)
By Trumbull White
Length12h 36m
About this audiobook
This edition includes the following editor's introduction: The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and how it was told
First published in 1906, "Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror" is a comprehensive account of the massive earthquake that struck San Francisco in 1906, written by American author and journalist Trumbull White.
"Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror" is well-balanced between what occurred, and the impact it had on the people and infrastructure of the city. There is plenty of human interest material, since it was written immediately after the event and there were many survivors available to interview. The book is full of personal stories and the impressions of a wide variety of people, from the rich who lived on the hilltops to the poor in their tenements to the Chinese in Chinatown.
Audiobook details
GenrePsychology, Science and Nature, Young Adult
Length12 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 14, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and how it was told
2Introduction
31. The Doomed City
42. San Francisco A Roaring Furnace
53. Third Day Adds To Horror
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64. Twenty Square Miles Of Wreck And Ruin
75. The City Of A Hundred Hills
86. Scenes Of Terror, Death And Heroism
97. Thrilling Personal Experiences
108. Thrilling Personal Experiences—Continued
119. Through Lanes Of Misery
1210. Whole Nation Responds With Aid
1311. All Co-Operate In Relief Work
1412. Our Boys In Blue Prove Heroism
1513. In The Refuge Camps
1614. Ruins And Havoc In Coast Cities
1715. Destruction Of Great Stanford University
1816. Fighting Fire With Dynamite
1917. Miscellaneous Facts And Incidents
2018. Disaster As Viewed By Scientists
2119. Chinatown, A Plague Spot Blotted Out
2220. The New San Francisco
2321. Vesuvius Threatens Naples
2422. Scenes In Frightened Naples
2523. Volcanoes And Earthquakes Explained
2624. Terrible Volcanic Disasters Of The Past
2725. Vesuvius And The Destruction Of Pompeii
2826. Mount Ætna And The Sicilian Horrors
2927. Lisbon Earthquake Scourged
3028. Japan And Its Disastrous Earthquakes And Volcanoes
3129. Krakatoa, The Greatest Of Volcanic Explosions
3230. Our Great Hawaiian And Alaskan Volcanoes
3331. South American Cities Destroyed
3432. Earthquakes And Volcanoes In Central America And Mexico
3533. Charleston, Galveston, Johnstown—Our American Disasters
3634. St. Pierre, Martinique, Annihilated By A Volcano
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