Trade paperback,
336 pages,
6 x 9, 59 illustrations,
bibliography, index,
resource notes.
ISBN: 0-930235-06-1
$16.95
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Three Fearful Days
San Francisco Memoirs of the 1906
earthquake & fire
Compiled and introduced by Malcolm
E. Barker
The 1906
earthquake shook San Francisco for sixty seconds and ignited fires that raged for
three days, killing more than 3,000 people and destroying 500 city blocks. This final
volume of the San Francisco Memoirs trilogy concentrates on dozens of firsthand accounts
by people who endured the catastrophe. They also tell of the courage, determination, and
good humor with which San Franciscans began to rebuild their lives—and their city.
- Stories of watching the quake approach and rip
open the streets.
- Fighting the fire from inside the Mint.
- Being trapped in the basement as City Hall
collapsed.
- Enrico Caruso gives his own version of what
happened.
- How they saved Hotaling's whisky.
- A child's comment: "They are working hard to
get the ruins finished."
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