Denial of Disaster
by Gladys C. Hansen
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With beautiful laser scanner duotones and 365 previously unpublished photographs, this is a fascinating study of the "great quake" in San Francisco in 1906--and of the likelihood of a similar quake today.Tags
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- Canonical title
- Denial of Disaster
- Original publication date
- 1989
- Important places
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Important events
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (1906)
- First words
- The San Andreas Fault cuts across the history of California as it cuts across its geography.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)If these questions could be answered in an authoritative way, or if a forecast could be made with a fair degree of probability much good might result; and even if nothing more shall be possible than a cautious discussion of the data, I believe such a discussion should be undertaken and published.
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 979.461
- Canonical LCC
- F869.S3
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- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
- DDC/MDS
- 979.461 — History & geography History of North America Great Basin and Pacific Slope region of United States California West central counties; San Francisco group San Francisco
- LCC
- F869 .S3 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history California
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper
- ISBNs
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