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San Francisco is burning
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Dennis Smith |
At 5:12 a.m. on the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by one of the worst earthquakes in history, instantly killing hundreds. The ensuing fires that ravaged the city for days were r… |
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The Big Truck That Went By
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Jonathan M. Katz |
Published to glowing reviews, The Big Truck That Went By is a crucial look at a signal failure of international aid.
Jonathan M. Katz was the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti o… |
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California earthquakes
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Carl-Henry Geschwind |
"In 1906, after an earthquake wiped out much of San Francisco, leading California officials and scientists described the disaster as a one-time occurrence and assured the public that it had nothing t… |
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