A most dreadful earthquake
Subtitle: a first-hand account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, with glimpses into the lives of the Phillips-Jones letter writers
By: Dorothy Fowler.
Contributors: Jones, George W. 1857-1925.; Jones, Sarah E. Phillips 1875-1942.; California Genealogical Society.
Publisher: California Genealogical Society
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oakland, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780967240978
Subjects: Jones, George W. -- 1857-1925 -- Correspondence.; Jones, Sarah E. Phillips -- 1875-1942 -- Correspondence.; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906.; Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century.; Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century.; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography.
Genres: Correspondence.; Biography.
Notes: Excerpts of letters written to George W. Jones of Schenectady, New York, mostly by Sarah E. Phillips of San Francisco, California, between Apr. 18, 1906 and July 20, 1906.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fire : a view from the Phillips-Jones letters; title: Lives of the letter writers; title: A summing up.