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008 100120s2005 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 _a2005046009
020 _a0060571993 (alk. paper)
_c27.95
024 3 _a9780060571993
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050 0 0 _aF869.S357
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100 1 _aWinchester, Simon.
245 1 2 _aA crack in the edge of the world :
_bAmerica and the great California earthquake of 1906
_cSimon Winchester.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bHarperCollins,
_cc2005.
300 _axiv, 462 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aMaps on lining papers.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [419]-433) and index.
520 _aAn 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.
650 0 _aSan Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.
650 0 _aEarthquakes
_zCalifornia
_zSan Francisco
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 0 _aSan Francisco (Calif.)
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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