![]() of fire, Dennis Smith, brings to it in San Francisco Is Burning. ?A finely woven human story of tragedy, death, heroism and blunder?This book is an eye-opener in many ways, and a good read, to boot. on the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by one of the. ?So riveting it is enraging? Smith?s] message is the one that matters most.? ![]() "San Francisco Is Burning" is a thrilling disaster tale that brings a lost chapter of history back to riveting life. Smith draws on hundreds of individual accounts and official documents to unearth the true story of the fires?from the corrupt officials who left the city woefully unprepared for disaster, to the militia officers who enforced martial law with deadly force, to the individual heroes who battled the blaze and saved untold lives. Until now.Įmploying the same vivid prose and storytelling skill that made his "Report from Ground Zero" a national bestseller, Dennis Smith reconstructs those harrowing days from the perspective of the people who lived through them. But the aftermath of the quake?the fires that raged across the city for days and claimed the lives of thousands more?was an all too human disaster whose story has remained largely untold. ![]() Killing hundreds and leaving a city in ruins, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 stands as one of the greatest natural disasters in American history. ![]()
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