What Was the San Francisco Earthquake?
Paperback – Illustrated, October 25, 2016
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · October 25, 2016
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A vivid account of the 1906 earthquake and the fires that reshaped San Francisco.
- Themes
- Earthquake, Urban fire, Disaster recovery
- Genres
- Earthquakes & Volcanoes, 20th Century U.S., Natural Disasters
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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.
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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.
A City Shaken
A vivid account of the 1906 earthquake and the fires that reshaped San Francisco.
Come here for
- A close look at how quake damage and fire compounded the disaster
- The scale of a city’s destruction—and its swift rebuilding
Expect
- A child-focused historical recounting of a real catastrophe
- Earthquake, fire, displacement, and recovery in one compact narrative
Where it sits
| 20th Century U.S. | 48% |
|---|---|
| Natural Disasters | 46% |
| Earthquakes & Volcanoes | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- 20th Century U.S.
- Earthquakes & Volcanoes
- Natural Disasters
- Authors
- Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- October 25, 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Earthquake · Urban fire · Disaster recovery
- Reading lane
- 20th Century U.S.