The San Francisco Earthquake: A Minute-by-Minute Account of the 1906 Disaster

A "gripping, can't-put-it-down" chronicle, drawing on eyewitness reports and historical documents, by the New York Times–bestselling authors of Enola Gay (Los Angeles Herald Examiner).

It happened at 5:13 a.m. on April 18, 1906, in San Francisco. To this day, it remains one of the worst natural disasters in American history—and this definitive book brings the full story to vivid life.

Using previously unpublished documents from insurance companies, the military, and the Red Cross, as wel...