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The Earth Shook Sky Burned: A Photographic Record of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
The Earth Shook Sky Burned A Photographic Record of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Author:William Bronson The Earth Shook, The Sky Burned has mesmerized San Francisco tourists and residents for decades. Illustrated with more than four hundred on-the-scene photographs, this definitive volume tells the dramatic story of the four days of upheaval and destruction that swept the city when a violent earth tremor rocked the land, succeeded rapidly b... more »y a devastating fire that destroyed nearly thirty thousand buildings and left over a quarter million people homeless. Now reissued with a powerful new cover, The Earth Shook, The Sky Burned is a San Francisco classic, revealing what really happened that April morning almost a century ago, when the face of the city was changed forever. Visit S.F. Gate to find out what's happening in Bay Area news, entertainment, sports, and more.« less