Earthquake Exodus, 1906: Berkeley Responds to the San Francisco Refugees

by Richard Schwartz and Richard Schwartz

Book Overview

Earthquake Exodus, 1906 tells the story of the ten-week relief effort in the East Bay after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Within hours of the earthquake, the people of Berkeley began to organize a citizens' committee, knowing that terrified masses of stricken refuges would pour into their town within hours. By revisiting both their challenges--smallpox, fires, and keeping public order--and acts of grace, such as taking in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967820413
• ISBN13: 9780967820415
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: RSB Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.9" x 9.0"