A crack in the edge of the world : America and the great California earthquake of 1906 Simon Winchester.
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TextPublisher: New York : HarperCollins, c2005Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 462 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 0060571993 (alk. paper)Subject(s): San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 | Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century | San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 979.4/61051 LOC classification: F869.S357 | W56 2005Summary: An informative exploration of earthquakes places a particular focus on the San Francisco disaster of 1906, describing how it affected more than two hundred miles of California, triggered a vast firestorm, and destroyed the gold-rush capital.
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Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-433) and index.
An informative exploration of earthquakes places a particular focus on the San Francisco disaster of 1906, describing how it affected more than two hundred miles of California, triggered a vast firestorm, and destroyed the gold-rush capital.
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