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A Crack in the Edge of the World: America And the Great California Earthquake of 1906
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Perennial
Publication date October 1, 2006
Pages 480
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780060572006
ISBN-10 0060572000
Dimensions 1.25 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Original list price $15.99
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Summary
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. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780060571993
 
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.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780060572006 Book cover for 9780061143151
 
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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.
from Harpercollins (March 31, 2006)

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