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A Crack in the Edge of the World: The Great American Earthquake of 1906
Simon Winchester
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Description for A Crack in the Edge of the World: The Great American Earthquake of 1906
Paperback. A burgeoning city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. In 1906 the dreams of this city, came crashing down beneath the rippling wave of a horrifying earthquake. This story delves beneath the surface of the earth, and explains why the world moves as it does. It portrays the lives of the people who suffered and survived the devastation. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 338.
A burgeoning new city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. It is also built upon a landscape that has been stretching, sliding and breaking apart for millennia. In 1906 the dreams of this city came crashing down beneath the rippling wave of a horrifying earthquake that turned roads into great rippling rivers, that set buildings ablaze for days on end, that made homes collapse upon themselves. Simon Winchester's breathtaking story delves deep beneath the surface of the earth and explains to us why the world moves as it does; and breaks apart with such devastating ... Read more
A burgeoning new city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. It is also built upon a landscape that has been stretching, sliding and breaking apart for millennia. In 1906 the dreams of this city came crashing down beneath the rippling wave of a horrifying earthquake that turned roads into great rippling rivers, that set buildings ablaze for days on end, that made homes collapse upon themselves. Simon Winchester's breathtaking story delves deep beneath the surface of the earth and explains to us why the world moves as it does; and breaks apart with such devastating ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books London
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141016344
SKU
V9780141016344
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About Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester has had an award-winning 20 year career as Guardian correspondent. He lives in New York and is the Asia-Pacific Editor for Conde Nast Traveler and contributes to a number of American magazines, as well as the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator and the BBC. He has written numerous books. The River at the Centre of the World (Viking 1997/Penguin ... Read more
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