California Disasters 1800-1900

By William B. Secrest

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884995497
• ISBN13: 9781884995491
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Linden Publishing
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"