Recommended Reading: A Selection of Books on the 1906 Earthquake & Fire
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Barker, Malcolm E., comp. Three Fearful Days…. San Francisco: 1998.

Bronson, William. The Earth Shook, the Sky Burned. Garden City, N.Y.: 1959.

Fradkin, Philip L. The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906. Berkeley: 2005.

Hansen, Gladys. Denial of Disaster. San Francisco: 1989.

Himmelwright, Abraham. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. New York: [1906].

Jordan, David Starr, ed. The California Earthquake of 1906. San Francisco: 1907.

Kurzman, Dan. Disaster! The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. New York: 2001.

Lawson, Andrew C., ed. The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906. Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission. Washington D.C.: 1908.

Mack, Gerstle. 1906: Surviving San Francisco’s Great Earthquake and Fire. San Francisco: 1981.

San Francisco, 1906 & Before: Memoirs of the Older City’s Splendor. Ashland (CA): 1973.

Saul, Eric. The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. 1906. Millbrae: 1981.

Smith, Dennis. San Francisco is Burning…. New York: 2005.

Stetson, James B. Narrative of My Experiences in the earthquake and fire…. Palo Alto: 1969.

Sutherland, Monica. The Damndest Finest Ruins. New York: [1959].

Thomas, Gordon. The San Francisco Earthquake. New York: [1971].

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