julia morgan was also instrumental in rebuilding. this book with historical fiction. it is great, with so many great elements. >> thank this is my sixth novel everybody has written about the earthquake but i wanted to write about the aftermath. and after 400 city blocks were illiterate, and 250,000 left homeless. 400 solid blocks were obliterated. >> this woman was a famous architect in california. the first woman ever to graduate. she did 600 buildings in the bay area. returning from paris in her early '30's should not get a lot of work because she was a female and then the earthquake hit. the fairmont hotel survived the earthquake. however, the fire roared up from chinatown and really toasted it. >> henry: >> jan: >> that is julia morgan. >> those are some of the mansions. the fire did terrible, terrible destruction leaving chinatown. a lot of vermont and i live two blocks from of that is why i was going to arrested. the vermont-- >> the fairmont hotel--and it opened on the morning/anniversary of the earthquake. and a few other hot