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A Crack in the Edge of the World : America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
A Crack in the Edge of the World America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
Author: Simon Winchester
The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060571993
ISBN-10: 0060571993
Publication Date: 10/1/2005
Pages: 448
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 25 ratings
Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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reviewed A Crack in the Edge of the World : America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 on
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A fascinating and comprehensive account with several maps and lots of photographs.
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A fascinating and comprehensive account of the great San Francisco earthquake.
reviewed A Crack in the Edge of the World : America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 on
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Simon Winchester has a way of putting you in the middle of what he's writing about. With this book, you almost feel the shock and can easily imagine yourself at the scene and part of what's going on. I think of "A Crack in the Edge of the World" as an elaborate news report rather than a piece of historical writing.
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