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A DAY THAT CHANGED AMERICA
Tanaka, Shelley
2004 52490 On a Peaceful Spring Morning, Disaster Strikes San Francisco.On the early morning of April 19, 1906, the city of San Francisco was struck by a devastating earthquake that crumpled buildings, cracked water mains, broke gas pipes, and sent kerosene lamps flying. Fires quickly engulfed most of the city, leaving exhausted civilians to fight the flames with well water, sewer water, and old rags. Despite valiant rescue efforts, estimates place the death toll at around 3,000. Claudia Mills - Children's Literature In this fourth volume in Hyperion's "A Day that Changed America" series, Tanaka uses her winning formula of presenting dramatic historical events through the eyes of actual children who experienced them, as retold from their own preserved eye-witness accounts. Ten-year-old Doris Bepler is chiefly concerned with whether the earthquake means she can't attend a long-awaited picnic-until she discovers that her father's machine shop has burned to the ground; eight-year-old DeWitt Baldwin slips away from his family and sets off by himself to survey the city's vast devastation; teenager Sol Lesser borrows a horse-drawn milk wagon to assist in bringing supplies to the thousands of newly homeless camping in San Francisco's parks; in the most moving story of all, young Hugh Liang is abandoned by his closest relative, sees his Chinatown home destroyed, and has all his remaining worldly goods stolen while he is helping a frightened mother who is giving birth during the raging fires. The four interspersed narratives are illustrated with period photographs of the city's destruction and large, detailed, colorful paintings portraying our four protagonists as they experience the events of this harrowing day. Tanaka and Craig have made history exciting and accessible to young readers, in a format that is attentive to and respectful of the actual voices of those who lived through it. Includes a glossary, index, and recommendations for further reading. 2004, Hyperion/Madison Press, Ages 8 up. School Library Journal Gr 5-8-Using dramatic material culled from the adult recollections of four survivors-Hugh Kwong Liang (15), Doris Bepler (10), Sol Lesser (16), and DeWitt Baldwin (8)-Tanaka re-creates a series of events during and following the great San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906. Liberally laced with contemporary photos and some colorful artwork, the book also contains fact boxes on earthquakes, fire horses, and Chinatown, and includes a city map marked with sites mentioned in the text. Less detailed than Lisa Chippendale's The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 (Chelsea, 2000) and James House's The San Francisco Earthquake (Lucent, 1989; o.p.), this book still deserves consideration because of its youthful views of a national catastrophe. Readable, personal.-Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. Synopsis On a Peaceful Spring Morning, Disaster Strikes San Francisco.On the early morning of April 19, 1906, the city of San Francisco was struck by a devastating earthquake that crumpled buildings, cracked water mains, broke gas pipes, and sent kerosene lamps flying. Fires quickly engulfed most of the city, leaving exhausted civilians to fight the flames with well water, sewer water, and old rags. Despite valiant rescue efforts, estimates place the death toll at around 3,000. Claudia Mills - Children's Literature In this fourth volume in Hyperion's "A Day that Changed America" series, Tanaka uses her winning formula of presenting dramatic historical events through the eyes of actual children who experienced them, as retold from their own preserved eye-witness accounts . Ten-year-old Doris Bepler is chiefly concerned with whether the earthquake means she can't attend a long-awaited picnic-until she discovers that her father's machine shop has burned to the ground; eight-year-old DeWitt Baldwin slips away from his family and sets off by himself to survey the city's vast devastation; teenager Sol Lesser borrows a horse-drawn milk wagon to assist Hyperion Books for Children 0-7868-1882-4 / 9780786818822
Hardcover New Condition New York
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