The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 by Matthew J. Davenport

The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

Matthew J. Davenport with Traber Burns (Narrator)

17 hours, 19 minutes first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history emotional informative sad medium-paced
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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 e...

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3.84
based on 38 reviews

Moods

informative: 85%

reflective: 64%

tense: 50%

dark: 42%

sad: 42%

emotional: 35%

inspiring: 28%

challenging: 21%

hopeful: 21%

adventurous: 14%


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71% of readers chose medium
21% of readers chose slow
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