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A crack in the edge of the world America and the great California earthquake of 1906
| Title | A crack in the edge of the world America and the great California earthquake of 1906 |
| Names | Winchester, Simon. |
| Book Number | DB062162 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Geologist and author of Krakatoa (RC 55879) recounts the April 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires that devastated the San Francisco area. Chronicles the natural disaster in historical, political, and social context, detailing Earth's geologic background and the science of tectonic plate theory. 2005. |
| Narrator | Carpenter, Steven. |
| Local Subject | Adult Book - AD |
| Adult Non-Fiction - AN | |
| History, United States - HUS | |
| History - HST | |
| California Interest - CAI | |
| California history - CAH | |
| Adventure Non-Fiction - ADVNF | |
| Disaster - DSR | |
| General Non-Fiction - GNF | |
| Sociology - SOC | |
| Audience Notes | Male narrator. |
| LC Subject | Earthquakes - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century |
| San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 |
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| San Francisco (Calif.) - History - 20th century |
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| Call Number | 979.461051 ANF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2005 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2005 (Potomac Talking Book Services, recording studio). |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, 2005. 0060571993 |