Winchester, Simon. <br/><br/>
A crack in the edge of the world :  America and the great California earthquake of 1906 
Simon Winchester. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  HarperCollins,  c2005. 
 - xiv, 462 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Maps on lining papers. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-433) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0060571993 (alk. paper)  27.95 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780060571993 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005046009 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.<br/>Earthquakes--History--California--San Francisco--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F869.S357  / W56 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>979.4/61051