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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Harpercollins
Publication date
October 1, 2005
Pages
462
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780060571993
ISBN-10
0060571993
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.75 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.70 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$27.95
Subjects
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
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. 400,000 first printing.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Harpercollins (October 1, 2005)
9780060571993 | details & prices | 462 pages | 6.75 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $27.95
About: An informative exploration of earthquakes places a particular focus on the San Francisco disaster of 1906, describing how it affected more than two hundred miles of California, triggered a vast firestorm, and destroyed the gold-rush capital.
About: An informative exploration of earthquakes places a particular focus on the San Francisco disaster of 1906, describing how it affected more than two hundred miles of California, triggered a vast firestorm, and destroyed the gold-rush capital.
Paperback
from Perennial (October 1, 2006)
9780060572006 | details & prices | 480 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $15.99
About: An informative exploration of earthquakes places a particular focus on the San Francisco disaster of 1906, describing how it affected more than two hundred 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.
About: An informative exploration of earthquakes places a particular focus on the San Francisco disaster of 1906, describing how it affected more than two hundred 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.
from Harpercollins (March 31, 2006)
9780061143151 | details & prices | 462 pages | 4.00 × 6.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $7.99
This edition also contains A Crack in the Edge of the World: America And the Great California Earthquake of 1906, A Crack in the Edge of the World: America And the Great California Earthquake of 1906
This edition also contains A Crack in the Edge of the World: America And the Great California Earthquake of 1906, A Crack in the Edge of the World: America And the Great California Earthquake of 1906
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