Early one spring morning; disaster struck San Francisco; and a young man grabbed his camera and started documenting the destruction and death surrounding him. Fearlessly going to the center of the devastation; the man captured scenes of fires; collapsing buildings; and people fleeing for their lives―scenes that no one else had a chance to record. His photographs were preserved in a family photo album; unseen by the public for over a hundred years.When San Francisco Burned presents for the first time the photographs that young man; Louis P. Selby; took of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. These amazingly detailed and dramatic photographs show the earthquake and its aftermath from a street-level perspective; giving readers an unprecedented look at what it was really like to be in San Francisco during those terrible days. Selbyrsquo;s photographs document the immediate damage of the earthquake; horrific action shots of fire consuming San Francisco; the heroic efforts of police; soldiers; and ordinary citizens to maintain order and protect the people; the somber ruins of San Francisco after the blaze; the misery and pluck of the refugee camps; and the cityrsquo;s earliest days of rebirth and rebuilding. These unique; never-before-published photographs show the horrors of the earthquake and fire―and the stubborn resistance of the people of San Francisco―like yoursquo;ve never seen them before. An invaluable addition to the historical record; When San Francisco Burned is a must-have book for anyone who loves San Francisco and its history.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Paradigm Shift in terms of geometryBy Utkan UluçayThis is an interesting book. Dated 1884. woven with strange and negative perception for women but anyway definetely interesting.Every character is happy in his "limited" universe. They do not want to hear anything about other possible things. When they have been exposured such explanations they got angry!Every character lives in his universe "a dimension missing". In Lineland every character can see a point which has zero dimension in a universe of one dimension which is lenght. Every character is capable to deduct missing dimension by thinking. dreaming.... In Lineland every character is aware of the others length which they have never seen...It is similar in Flatland. there are squares. triangles. circles.... but all they can see is a flat line and they need to touch eachother to check the shape.A square tried to enlighten a line but failed. They hated each other. A sphere tried to enlighten a square. first he pissed off and then sphere pushed him to other dimension.... That is a shock. The shift has happened by force! Square enlightened more than expected hence he queried sphere about the fourth dimension. This time sphere pissed off.We belong to our universes and provided a force majeur we are capable to adopt ourselves to a new paradigm.Unfortunately this is not a voluntary process.I suggest Thomas Kuhn for those readers who interested in "paradigm shift".0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Flatland takes you on a journey into dimensionsBy innovate riskA challenging read at first. but one that you recognise you are enjoying as you progress. and you rapidly finish wishing it went for longer.Flatland takes you on a journey into dimensions. exploring how we see the world with our "single" focus. yet there is nothing singular about the dimensions. We are all the dot. the line. the square. the cube. and the 4th dimension...Within the story there is also a message on equality. which from my reading of the author. appears to not be a focus area. However. it is there to read. The judgement. the rationalisation. and the setting of expectations of women. You would think that we would have come further since the 1880s. but alas it seems from an equality perspective we have a long way to go. where we judge the person less for how they look.A short book worth reading. and persist through it. because you leave all the better.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A "point of view" worth exploringBy David LefavorMake sure you get the illustrated version. Without them the book makes no sense.I somehow lost my paper copy of this and am glad that there is a kindle version - actually several versions. Some of them lack the illustrations.The story itself requires considerable visualization. even with the illustrations. The acts of envisioning a two-dimensional world by a three-dimensional being such as myself resulted in some very satisfying intellectual gymnastics. Highly recommended and the book invites multiple re-reads.
