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

Author: Simon Winchester Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Science Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads OpenLibrary Amazon eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780060572006 0060572000

Unleashed by ancient geologic forces, a magnitude 8.25 earthquake rocked San Francisco in the early hours of April 18, 1906. Less than a minute later, the city lay in ruins. Bestselling author Simon Winchester brings his inimitable storytelling abilities to this extraordinary event, exploring the legendary earthquake and fires that spread horror across San Francisco and northern California in 1906 as well as its startling impact on American history and, just as important, what science has recently revealed about the fascinating subterranean processes that produced it-and almost certainly will cause it to strike again. Similar books: The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester 1491 by Charles C. Mann The Great Influenza by John M. Barry 1493 by Charles C. Mann Connections by James Burke Polio by David M. Oshinsky The Codebreakers by David Kahn The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky The American Plague by Molly Caldwell Crosby The Most Powerful Idea in the World by William Rosen Beyond Uncertainty by David C. Cassidy Atlantic by Simon Winchester Project Orion by George Dyson Defenders of the Truth by Ullica Segerstrale The Little Ice Age by Brian Fagan Coal by Barbara Freese The Calendar by David Ewing Duncan When Old Technologies Were New by Carolyn Marvin An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage The Pencil by Henry Petroski