What Was the San Francisco Earthquake?

by Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler, Who Hq

Book Overview

In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, catastrophic earthquake. One early April morning in 1906, the people of San Francisco were jolted awake by a mammoth earthquake--one that registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale. Not only was there major damage from the quake itself but broken gas lines sparked a fire that ravaged the city for days. More than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399541594
• ISBN13: 9780399541599
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6