2005
A CRACK IN THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
Simon Winchester
A CRACK IN THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
HarperCollins · 2005
Chart History
dashed = off the list
2 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, peaking at #14
An informative exploration of earthquakes places a particular focus on the San Francisco disaster of 1906, describing how it affected more than 200 miles of California, triggered a vast firestorm, and destroyed the gold-rush capital, in an account that reveals the geological underpinnings that caused the earthquake. (History)
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- ISBN-13
- 9780060826154
- ISBN-10
- 0060826150
- Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 512
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
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