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![]() ![]() This is the first book of mine in a while to have a mystery thread at its core, with some significant twists and turns. Within minutes, ruptured gas lines in a now heavily damaged San Francisco sparked fire after fire.Ī: First, this is a story about female solidarity entwined around the power of a mother’s love. ![]() The earth shuddered at that meeting, causing a less-than-a-minute-long quake that was felt from Oregon to Los Angeles and as far east as central Nevada. Q: What happened on April 6, 1906, in San Francisco?Ī: In the prologue to Simon Winchester’s book “A Crack in The Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906,” he aptly summarizes what happened on this date in five words: “The planet very briefly shrugged.” For just a moment, two tectonic plates deep under the Pacific Ocean touched. ![]()
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