The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 / Marcia Amidon Lusted.
Material type:
TextSeries: Perspectives libraryPublisher: Ann Arbor, Michigan : Cherry Lake Publishing, [2015]Description: 32 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1631376195 (hbk.)
- 1631376640 (pbk.)
- 9781631376191 (hbk.)
- 9781631376641 (pbk.)
- Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Juvenile literature
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 979.461 L972 | Available | 33111007950203 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book relays the factual details of the story of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a fireman fighting fires and rescuing others, a girl whose home is destroyed, and a resident of Chinatown. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives in the text while gathering and analyzing information about a historical event.
"A history perspectives book"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
John Morrill: fireman -- Sophie Charles: Russian Hill resident -- Chuen Lee: man in Chinatown -- Look, look again.
This book relays the factual details of the story of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a fireman fighting fires and rescuing others, a girl whose home is destroyed, and a resident of Chinatown.