Daniel Mack

The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

Revisado: 11-23-21 El oyente recibió este título gratis

As a native Californian who spent my childhood and early adulthood living there, I heard stories about this event and read many narratives about it in history books as I was growing up. I vividly recall the Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Janette MacDonald movie with its vivid depiction of the earthquake, and whose special effects for the time were quite spectacular. I was born in Los Angeles and lived there for the majority of my "California life" and earthquakes were no stranger. Of course I was aware that it had happened but I really did not fully understand the magnitude of the event itself.

During the war years my father relocated our family to the San Francisco area in order to work in the ship yards building ships for the war effort. Though quite young then I still have very many memories of the city itself and all of its many attractions and very its very special ambiance. At that time it was less than generation since the devastating 1906 earthquake and there were no signs of its effect, at least in my memories. The city had been rebuilt and expanded and turned into a really magical place. The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge itself was and still is a modern marvel. For a child a trip across it was a a fascinating and exciting experience. And even as an adult it still feels the same to me.

Reading this book and listening to the audio version, until then, I really had no idea as to how devastating the earthquake had been. It is a very worthwhile read and an eye-opening experience for anyone who has ever visited this great city. Its recovery, growth and development after such a shattering event is a testament to the survivors and those who came afterward. The description of the triggering event itself was something I had never guessed at. That it was an undersea earthquake of over an 8 point magnitude far out to sea, without generating a tsunami but triggering the event itself under the underground fault beneath the city, far removed from where that had occurred, was a real surprise.

It is a really great read and if you are a history buff you will enjoy it even if you have not had the good fortune to have ever visited the great city of San Francisco. In very many ways it is a very special place to very many Americans and others from around the world. You will enjoy it.

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