The San Francisco Century: A City Rises from the Ruins of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire

The city's miraculous emergence from the devastating earthquake of 1906 unveils the fascinating people, history, and culture that have made the past 100 years in San Francisco an extraordinary American adventure.It's fitting that San Francisco's city seal features a phoenix; the city itself was reborn from the ashes of the Great Earthquake of 1906. Documenting 100 years since that spectacular rebirth, this lushly illustrated history reveals the s...

By Carl Nolte
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: San Francisco Chronicle; First edition. edition (September 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0976088088
ISBN-13: 978-0976088080
Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 1 x 12 inches
Amazon Rank: 2928341
Format: PDF Text djvu ebook

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Truth-telling isn’t San Francisco’s strong point; truth(and reality)-avoidance is. Magnificent city though it is, undisputedly so, its most prominent contemporary traits include: over self-consciousness(if not self-obsession), constant self-congratu

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