{"product_id":"california-disasters-1800-1900-firsthand-accounts-of-fires-shipwrecks-floods-earthquakes-and-other-historic-california-tragedies-9781884995491","title":"California Disasters 1800-1900: Firsthand Accounts of Fires, Shipwrecks, Floods, Earthquakes, and Other Historic California Tragedies","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William B., Jr. Secrest\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Linden Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Linden Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - State \u0026amp; Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was another time. Deadly earthquakes, steamboat explosions, floods, train wrecks, and other tragedies were a part of everyday life in nineteenth-century California. Yet, the men and women of the day licked their wounds, mourned their dead, picked up the pieces, and plunged ahead to build a great prosperous new state that took its place in the forefront of our great Union. This is their stories, in their own words. First-person accounts of the major 19th century California catastrophes. Includes scores of contemporary period photographs and other illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Linden Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45126711181463,"sku":"9781884995491","price":1385.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781884995491.webp?v=1767279232","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/california-disasters-1800-1900-firsthand-accounts-of-fires-shipwrecks-floods-earthquakes-and-other-historic-california-tragedies-9781884995491","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}