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1906 is a 2004 American historical novel written by James Dalessandro. [1] [2] With a 38-page outline and six finished chapters, he pitched it around Hollywood in 1998 for a film by the same name, based upon events surrounding the great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. [3] [4]
He is best known for his historical-fiction novel 1906 based on events surrounding the great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. [1] A film adaptation of 1906, based on both the novel and Dalessandro's screenplay, has been in development at Warner Bros. and Pixar Animation Studios, in association with Walt Disney Pictures. [2]
The Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire – Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco website; The Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire Archived August 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine – Bancroft Library; Mark Twain and the San Francisco Earthquake – Shapell Manuscript Foundation; Several videos of the aftermath – Internet Archive
In 1906, The Roebling Construction Company sought to reinforce its brand and expertise in fireproof development when it published the Himmelwright book, The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire : A Brief History of the Disaster; A Presentation of Facts and Resulting Phenomena, With Special Reference to the Efficiency of Building Materials, Lessons ...
On April 18, 1906, San Franciscans were awoken at 5:11 a.m. by what would become the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history.
The great earthquake and firestorms of 1906 : how San Francisco nearly destroyed itself (2005) ISBN 0-520-23060-4; After the ruins, 1906 and 2006 : rephotographing the San Francisco earthquake and fire (2006) ISBN 0-520-24434-6; Wallace Stegner and the American West (2008) ISBN 978-1-4000-4391-0
Pages in category "Works about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On 18 April 1906, the morning of the great San Francisco earthquake, Genthe, with his cameras and studio destroyed, borrowed a hand-held camera and photographed the destruction across the city. Of his over 180 surviving, sharp-focus photographs of San Francisco, probably his most famous image is "San Francisco, April 18th, 1906," which shows a ...