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Earthquake Days Wins Two Major Book Awards in Washington DC


Awards

Earthquake Days Wins the 2006 Benjamin Franklin Award in History

Earthquake Days Wins the 2006 Independent Publisher Book Award in History

Earthquake Days wins Best Books 2006 Book Awards in both U.S. History and Photography (Techniques)

Earthquake Days Wins the Hemlock Award


Reviews of Earthquake Days

“Enthralling, viscerally taking the reader back to the early 20th century.”
  —Book News, May 2006

“Looking at pictures of ruins shouldn't be this much fun, but this collection of photographs of the big quake is wonderfully entertaining.”
  —Michael S. Gant, Metro Silicon Valley, April 19, 2006

“A lavish scrapbook of prints, posters and vintage stereopticon images.”
  —Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times Book Review, April 16, 2006

“Brings the reality of the events of 1906 to life.”
  —Sara Peyton, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, April 16, 2006

“More than 100 stereoscopic images of the city, people, and infrastructure before, during and after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.”
  —Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, April 2006

“A truly unforgettable visual presentation.”
  —Midwest Book Review, March 2006

“Handsome and engrossing, with more than a dash of novelty.”
  —Nora Sohnen, East Bay Express, February 22, 2006

“Richly detailed. Dramatic illustrations/maps. A better and bigger selection of 1906 earthquake views than even many collectors have ever seen. ”
  —John Dennis, Stereo World, January/February 2006

“An eye-catching coffee-table chronicle of the quake. Remarkable stereo pictures”
   —Yale Alumni Magazine, January/February 2006

“An absorbing and attractive coffee-table book”
  —Edwin B. Burgess, Library Journal, January 15, 2006

“Very timely”
  —Rainbo Reviews, January 2006

“Must See 3-D”
   —3-D Review, January 2006

“Eclectic Titles Stand Out in Year-End Roundup”
  —Kathleen Grant Geib, Oakland Tribune, December 22, 2005














David Burkhart accepts the 2006 Benjamin Franklin Award in History at the Washington DC Convention Center
David Burkhart accepts the
2006 Benjamin Franklin
Award in History




1906 Fire Commissioners Badge



Fun making by the earthquake
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