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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.

California Disasters 1800-1900: Firsthand

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    A Paperback / softback by William B Secrest

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      Publisher Linden Publishing Co Inc
      Published 1 October 2005
      ISBN-13 9781884995491
      978-1884995491
      ISBN-10 1884995497
      Also in:
      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Natural disasters History of the Americas Local history

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      Book Synopsis
      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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