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The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
The Great Quake How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
Author: Henry Fountain
ISBN-13: 9781101904060
ISBN-10: 1101904062
Publication Date: 8/8/2017
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Crown
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet on + 515 more book reviews
Excellent story of what happened that very few today know about.
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The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet by Henry Fountain in its style and approach reminds me of Erik Larson's work. With eyewitness accounts, interviews, scientific information, and a narrative story-telling approach, this book makes for an engrossing and entertaining scientific history the Alaskan earthquake that gave credence and credibility to the theory of plate tectonics.

Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2017/10/the-great-quake.html

Reviewed for Penguin First to Read program.