Matthew J Davenport
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
viii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Relying on letters, diaries, and reports by the "doughboys" themselves, describes the events that took place on May 28, 1918, when the United States fought and won its first battle of World War I in Cantigny.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
ix, 433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations, maps, portraits, photographs ; 25 cm
Description
"Matthew J. Davenport's The Longest Minute is the spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, and how a great earthquake sparked a devastating and preventable firestorm. At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, catching most of the city asleep. For approximately one minute, shock waves buckled streets, shattered water mains, collapsed buildings, crushed hundreds of residents to...