A 1906 fire burned 200,000 books. More than a century later, one was returned

Inside a charred book, pages dotted in soot stains tell the story of how San Francisco rose to the epicenter of a gold rush.

Book Surfaces 120 Years After a San Francisco Library Lost Almost Everything

A book of poetry that survived the catastrophic 1906 earthquake and fire has been returned to the Mechanics’ Institute ...

A Book Thought Lost In A 1906 Fire Just Returned After 119 Years

A book lost after the 1906 San Francisco fire has returned 119 years later, carrying soot, mystery and a remarkable library ...
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Darwin’s Earthquake

Because of the recent earthquake that hit and killed thousands in Japan, because we in this part of the world are waiting for The Big One, because Darwin is one of the greatest writers in the English ...