When San Francisco Burned: A Photographic Memoir of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 When San Francisco Burned presents for the first time the photographs that young man, Louis P.Early one spring morning, disaster struck San Francisco, and a young man grabbed his camera and sta
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| Title | : | When San Francisco Burned: A Photographic Memoir of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 |
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (861 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1610352459 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 125 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-01 |
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Editorial : "No California community library or California university system library should be without a copy of When San Francisco Burned" Midwest Book Review
Early one spring morning, disaster struck San Francisco, and a young man grabbed his camera and started documenting the destruction and death surrounding him. Fearlessly going to the center of the devastation, the man captured scenes of fires, collapsing buildings, and people fleeing for their livesscenes that no one else had a chance to record. His photographs were preserved in a family photo album, unseen by the public for over a hundred years.When San Francisco Burned presents for the first time the photographs that young man, Louis P. Selby, took of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. These amazingly detailed and dramatic photographs show the earthquake and its aftermath from a street-level perspective, giving readers an unprecedented look at what it was really like to be in San Francisco during those terrible days. Selby’s photographs document the immediate damage of the earthquake; horrific action shots of fire consuming San Francisco; the heroic eff
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