Earthquake, San Francisco, 1906
- ISBN-10
- 151816921X
- ISBN-13
- 9781518169212
- Category
- Earthquakes
- Pages
- 154
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kathleen Duey, Karen A. Bale
Description
When two young strangers meet by chance on the day of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, they struggle to survive the terror of crumbling buildings, fire, looting, and chaos.
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