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AIDS (Disease) Patients United States Biography AIDS activists United States Biography Earthquakes California San Francisco History 20th century Fires California San Francisco History 20th century Gay activists United States Biography Gay men United States Biography Gay rights United States History Gays California San Francisco History San Francisco (Calif.) History 20th century San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906Talbot, David
Summary: Traces the story of San Francisco in the latter half of the twentieth century, covering topics ranging from the civil rights movement and pop culture to the 49ers and famous crime cases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.09794 TALSummary: Inspired by the Golden Horn (Chrysoceras) of Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait, the one that links Europe to Asia, John C. Fremont thought it befitting that the charming city's majestic bay have an equally memorable name and promptly christened it "The Golden Gate". The Golden gate Bridge remains one of the most photographed tourist attractions in the world, and has come to symbolize San Francisco....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A2zcds.com 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.9461 HISDavenport, Matthew J.
Summary: "Matthew J. Davenport's The Longest Minute is the spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, and how a great earthquake sparked a devastating and preventable firestorm. At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, catching most of the city asleep. For approximately one minute, shockwaves buckled streets, shattered water mains,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.461 CHIKurzman, Dan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 979.461 KURWinchester, Simon.
Summary: Winchester brings his storytelling abilities, as well as his understanding of geology, to the extraordinary San Francisco Earthquake, exploring not only what happened in northern California in 1906 that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion, but what we have learned since about the geological underpinnings that caused the earthquake. He also positions the quake's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 979.4 WINCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: 979.4 WinchesterJones, Cleve
Summary: A longtime LGBTQ and AIDS activist offes an account of his life from sexually liberated 1970s San Francisco, through the AIDS crisis, and up to his present-day involvement with the marriage equality battle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JONES, CLEVE JONKurzman, Dan.
Summary: Investigates the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, describing the horrible natural disaster and the subsequent fire that raged through the rubble, killing ten thousand people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2001