A Crack in the Edge of the World
America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive force.In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, San Francisco and a string of towns to its north-northwest and the south-southeast were overcome by an enormous shaking that was compounded by the violent shocks of an earthquake, registering 8.25 on the Richte…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-06-057200-6
- EAN: 9780060572006
- Produktnummer: 2277066
- Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 512 S.
- Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.4 cm x D3.1 cm 386 g
- Gewicht: 386
Über den Autor
Simon Winchester is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Professor and the Madman, The Men Who United the States, The Map That Changed the World, The Man Who Loved China, A Crack in the Edge of the World, and Krakatoa, all of which were New York Times bestsellers and appeared on numerous best and notable lists. In 2006, Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. He resides in western Massachusetts.
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