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A crack in the edge of the world
Simon Winchester · 2005 · 462 pages
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906EarthquakesHistoryLong Now Manual for CivilizationErdbeben
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About this book
An informative exploration of earthquakes places a particular focus on the San Francisco disaster of 1906, describing how it affected more than 200 miles of California, triggered a vast firestorm, and destroyed the gold-rush capital, in an account that reveals the geological underpinnings that caused the earthquake. (History)
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