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Books with title 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

  • San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

    Chros McDougall

    Library Binding (Core Library, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Across the globe, devastating disasters have changed the course of history. This title brings the San Francisco earthquake and fire to life with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more. Explore the tragedies and triumphs of this disaster, how it helped shape the world as we know it, and how what weve learned from it has made the world a safer place. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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  • The San Francisco Earthquake

    Max Morgan Thomas, Gordon; Witts

    Leather Bound (Easton Press 1989.,, March 15, 1989)
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  • The Story of the San Francisco Earthquake

    R. Conrad Stein, Nathan Greene

    Library Binding (Childrens Press, Sept. 1, 1983)
    Describes the devastating earthquake and ensuing fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in the spring of 1906.
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  • The San Francisco Earthquake

    John Dudman, Richard Scollins

    Library Binding (Bookwright Pr, Aug. 1, 1988)
    Gives a detailed account of the 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco, the tragic events that followed, how the city recovered, and an update on contemporary tremors
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  • The San Francisco Earthquake And Fire

    Helen Markley Miller, Albert Orbaan

    Hardcover (G.P. Putnam's Sons, March 15, 1970)
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  • The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

    Laurence Yep

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, April 1, 2006)
    A gripping portrait of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake by Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Laurence Yep. When the quake subsides, Chin and Henry and their families are lucky to be alive. But now they must escape the fires that have broken out and find their way to safety–before it's too late. Based on actual events and told from the alternating perspectives of two young friends, The Earth Dragon Awakes is a suspenseful novel about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake by Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep.
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  • The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

    Chros McDougall

    Paperback (Core Library, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Describes the earthquake and subsequent fire that devastated San Francisco in 1906, including the events leading up to it, the damage it caused, and how the city was rebuilt after the disaster.
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  • The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

    Laurence Yep

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, April 1, 2006)
    Tuesday, April 17, 1906 It is early evening in San Francisco. Streetlights come on. People hurry home. No one knows about the danger below. Underneath their feet, the earth begins to stir. Wednesday, April 18, 1906, 5:12 A.M., Sacramento Street Early the next morning, Henry Travis hears a low rumbling. It sounds like a train coming. . . . Windows rattle. Doors thump. . . . There is a crash above him. Wednesday, April 18, 1906, 5:12 A.M., Chinatown Across town, Henry's friend Chin waits for the trembling to stop. But it goes on and on. . . . “The tenement is falling!” Chin's father shouts. Walls crack and crumble. Windows shatter. Broken glass sprays like little daggers. The Earth Dragon has awakened . . . with a vengeance. When the quake subsides, Chin and Henry and their families are lucky to be alive. But now they must escape the fires that have broken out and find their way to safety.
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  • Surviving The San Francisco Earthquake

    Joann Cleland, Peter McDonnell

    Library Binding (Rourke Educational Media, Aug. 1, 2009)
    Read This Graphic Illustrated Book And Live Through The Fear And Destruction Of The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
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  • Terror in the City: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

    Bonnie Highsmith Taylor

    2002 (Perfection Learning, Aug. 15, 2002)
    Stuart and his father are delivering dairy products in San Francisco the morning of April 18, 1906.
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  • The San Francisco Eathquake

    Gordon and Max Morgan Witts. Thomas

    Hardcover (Stein and Day, March 15, 1971)
    Minute by minute person by person, the most dramatic disaster in our history...
  • Earthquake! A Story Of Old San Francisco

    Kathleen V. Kudlinski, Ronald Himler

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Dec. 1, 1995)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In 1906, after a devastating earthquake hits San Francisco, twelve-year-old Philip struggles to save the horses in his family's livery stable.
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