Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

Title: Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 Author: Winchester, Simon ISBN: 9780060572006 Publisher: Harper Perennial Published: 2006 Binding: Quality Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. American History 1398931 Publisher Description: 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 produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive force. In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, San Francisco and a string of towns to