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Earthquake Days: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fire in 3-D |
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Earthquake Days: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fire in 3-D
List Price: $44.95
Our Price: $35.06
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Manufacturer: Faultline Books
Author: David Burkhart
Binding: Hardcover
Publication Date: 2005-12-01
Publisher: Faultline Books
Label: Faultline Books
Number Of Pages: 220
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Editorial Review:
Earthquake Days: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fire in 3-D. By David Burkhart. Stereo Views of San Francisco’s Great Earthquake and Fire. A full-color hardcover coffee-table book (220 pages; 10.25" x 13" x 1") from Faultline Books. 1906 San Francisco comes to life in this unique collection of over 100 original stereo photographs (viewer included) of the “City-By-The-Bay.” These haunting 3-D images were created before, during, and after the earthquake and fire that destroyed 508 city blocks and left 200,000 homeless. Accompanied by firsthand accounts, newspapers, maps, and lithographs, they re-create San Francisco’s great calamity and indomitable spirit with stunning realism. “Earthquake Days is one of those rare and special books—both smart and gorgeous. Burkhart's personal passion for stereophotography rings through these pages, coupled with his great sense of history and storytelling. The illustrations are lustrous, with stereo card views, bird’s-eye views, and fantastic full color reproductions of period newspapers, lithographs and more. This book is a tremendous contribution to the visual history of one of the world’s most famous disasters.” –Stephen Becker, Executive Director, California Historical Society “What a pleasure and more—what a surprise to find in this elegant book both a revitalization and a powerful retelling of the familiar drama of San Francisco’s destruction by earthquake and fire in 1906. Burkhart has gathered not only the most complete collection of photographs (many of them stereo views) and other illustrative revelations, he has created—page after page—a richly rewarding, enlightening experience for what should be his many, many readers. What a pleasure for them!” –J. S. Holliday, author of The World Rushed In and Rush for Riches “A beautiful book.” –Philip L. Fradkin, author of The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906
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Customer Reviews
Average Customer Rating: 
Excellent book  2008-09-24
Very happy with the book and the service I received from amazon.com who I purchased it from.
Earthquake Days 2008-01-26
A SUPER BOOK - I am proud to add to my libray of 3-D Publications. Truly an inspired work. Excellent layout and a GREAT STORY to go along with the photographs!
Factual and entertaining look at disaster 2006-09-14
This book is a gem! Having a longtime interest in the SF Quake, I look forward with great interest to new books, and recently there have been a few. This one is unique in that it offers a well written text with rare glimpses of the event through steroscopic scenes. Mr. Burkhart must have spent numerous hours hunting for these never before seen photos that capture that tragic day so perfectly. Thoroughly researched and beautifully presented, I would receommend this book to seasoned historians as well as casual readers.
Entertaining and Informative!! 2006-05-31
This is one of the best books I've seen about the 1906 Earthquake. As a 5th generation Californian, I am impressed not only by the multitude of 3-D images of the quake, but also by the fascinating historical accounts that this book contains. Whether you are intereted in the quake itself, the fire or the stories that go with the 1906 Earthquake, this book has something for you. My 87 year old mother loves it, as does my 5 year old grandaughter. I highly reccomend this book!!!!!
Well conceived, well executed  2006-05-29
This is not the book to pick up if you're interested in the 1906 earthquake. Although informative, that is not what this book is trying to achieve. The book is much more a history book about the way photographers using 3-D technology recorded the aftermath. As such, it provides us with amazing photography, and very good quality enlargements of the original photos, so that we may compare "flat" 2-D to the 3-D.
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