This edition includes the following editor's introduction: The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and how it was told

First published in 1906, "Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror" is a comprehensive account of the massive earthquake that struck San Francisco in 1906, written by American author and journalist Trumbull White.
"Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror" is well-balanced between what occurred, and the impact it had on the people and infrastructure of the city. There is plenty of human interest material, since it was written immediately after the event and there were many survivors available to interview. The book is full of personal stories and the impressions of a wide variety of people, from the rich who lived on the hilltops to the poor in their tenements to the Chinese in Chinatown.