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California Disasters 1800-1900 : Firsthand Accounts of Fires, Shipwrecks, Floods, Earthquakes, and Other Historic California Tragedies
Overview
It was another time. Deadly earthquakes, steamboat explosions, floods, train wrecks, and other tragedies were a part of everyday life in nineteenth-century California. Yet, the men and women of the day licked their wounds, mourned their dead, picked up the pieces, and plunged ahead to build a great prosperous new state that took its place in the forefront of our great Union. This is their stories, in their own words. First-person accounts of the major 19th century California catastrophes. Includes scores of contemporary period photographs and other illustrations.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781884995491
- ISBN-10: 1884995497
- Publisher: Linden Publishing
- Publish Date: October 2005
- Dimensions: 9.02 x 6.36 x 0.77 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 368
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