What was the San Francisco Earthquake?
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What was the San Francisco Earthquake?
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The work What was the San Francisco Earthquake? represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
- Label
- What was the San Francisco Earthquake?
- Statement of responsibility
- by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler ; illustrated by Ted Hammond
- Subject
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- Fires -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Juvenile literature
- Earthquakes -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, catastrophic earthquake. One early April morning in 1906, the people of San Francisco were jolted awake by a mammoth earthquake--one that registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale. Not only was there major damage from the quake itself but broken gas lines sparked a fire that ravaged the city for days. More than 500 city blocks were destroyed and over 200,000 people were left homeless. But the city quickly managed to rebuild, rising from the ashes to become the major tourist destination it is today. Here's an exciting recount of an incredible disaster"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/co-author
- W7JmpwpJFmw
- Dewey number
- 979.4/61051
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- Ages 8 to 12
- LC call number
- F869.S357
- LC item number
- H66 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- What was--?
- Target audience
- juvenile
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