This is Chance! : the shaking of an all-American city, and the voice that held it together / Jon Mooallem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mooallem, Jon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chance, Genie, 1927-1998.

Chance, Genie.

Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964.

Earthquakes--Alaska--Anchorage.

Earthquakes.

Alaska.

Alaska--Anchorage.

Physical Description:

xii, 315 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2020]

Summary:

The Good Friday, 1964, Anchorage, Alaska earthquake, and newscaster Genie Chance remaining on-air to broadcast events.

Contents:

Genie Chance part-time news reporter at KENT, wife and mother

Frank Brink theater director, community leader

Winston Chance Genie's husband

Jan, Albert, and Wins Chance Genie's children

Alvin O. Bramstedt ("Bram") president and majority owner, KENI

Ty Clark news director, KENI

Charlie Gray head of engineering, KENI

Bob Fleming lead announcer, KENI

Theda Conley weather broadcaster and talk show host, KENI

Bill Davis psychology professor, mountaineer

Dick Taylor Anchorage public works employee

George Sharrock mayor of Anchorage

Jim Scott veterinarian, mountaineer

Susan Koslosky college student, actress

Enrico Quarantelli sociologist, cofounder of the Disaster Research Center

Daniel Yutzy graduate student, Disaster Research Center.

Notes:

"This is a work of nonfiction. Some names and identifying details have been changed"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

9780525509912

0525509917

OCLC:

1145967693