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geekwayne's review
3.0
'The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: As Told by Eyewitnesses' by Charles Morris is the story of a terrible disaster that hit a famous city.
In 1906, the city of San Francisco was hit by a terrible earthquake during the night. The earthquake set off fires. The problems compounded when there was no water to fight the fires. The city fought the fires and tried to create fire lines by using dynamite. The book is full of first hand accounts and lots of pictures and paintings of the city before and during the aftermath.
At first, the language came across as a bit flowery and it kind of annoyed me as a reader. As the book went along, I found myself fascinated by this story. I was familiar with it to some extent, but this brought it even more to light. I'm glad I got a chance to read it.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Dover Publications and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
In 1906, the city of San Francisco was hit by a terrible earthquake during the night. The earthquake set off fires. The problems compounded when there was no water to fight the fires. The city fought the fires and tried to create fire lines by using dynamite. The book is full of first hand accounts and lots of pictures and paintings of the city before and during the aftermath.
At first, the language came across as a bit flowery and it kind of annoyed me as a reader. As the book went along, I found myself fascinated by this story. I was familiar with it to some extent, but this brought it even more to light. I'm glad I got a chance to read it.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Dover Publications and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
morticia32's review
2.0
This book wasn't quite what I expected it to be,. I'd expected more firsthand accounts, instead what I got was a very detailed news account written by the author (who was there and did witness the earthquake and aftermath himself, so the description was true, if a bit misleading) with a few quotes from others sprinkled in.
I think if I were a historian and San Fransisco my interest, I'd have found it a bit more to my liking. As it was, it was a bit too dry for an amateur history buff like me.
*I was provided an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.*
I think if I were a historian and San Fransisco my interest, I'd have found it a bit more to my liking. As it was, it was a bit too dry for an amateur history buff like me.
*I was provided an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.*
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