01310nam a2200325u 4500 58546171 OCoLC 20190501185940.0 ta 100120s2005 nyuab b 001 0 eng 2005046009 0060571993 (alk. paper) 27.95 9780060571993 DLC DLC BAKER JWL n-us-ca F869.S357 W56 2005 979.4/61051 22 Winchester, Simon. 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. 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. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906. Earthquakes California San Francisco History 20th century. San Francisco (Calif.) History 20th century. 15 9664 9664 0 0 ABELJ abelj NF 2016-10-27 0 979.4 WINC 11531 2016-10-27 27.95 2016-10-27 BOOK