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Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883 / Simon Winchester.
Van Pelt Library QE523.K73 W56 2003
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LIBRA QE523.K73 W56 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winchester, Simon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Volcanoes--Indonesia--History.
- Volcanoes.
- Indonesia.
- History.
- Krakatoa (Indonesia)--History.
- Krakatoa (Indonesia).
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Other Title:
- Day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper-Collins, 2003.
- Summary:
- From the bestselling author of "The Professor and the Madman" and "The Map That Changed the World" comes an examination of the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the world's most dangerous volcano--Krakatoa. 50 line drawings.
- Contents:
- 1 "An Island with a Pointed Mountain" 9
- 2 The Crocodile in the Canal 37
- 3 Close Encounters on the Wallace Line 51
- 4 The Moments When the Mountain Moved 115
- 5 The Unchaining of the Gates of Hell 149
- 6 A League from the Last of the Sun 177
- 7 The Curious Case of the Terrified Elephant 197
- 8 The Paroxysm, the Flood, and the Crack of Doom 209
- 9 Rebellion of a Ruined People 317
- 10 The Rising of the Son 339
- Epilogue: The Place the World Exploded 367
- Recommendations for (and, in One Case, Against) Further Reading and Viewing 385
- Acknowledgments, Erkenningen, Terima Kasih 397.
- ISBN:
- 0066212855 :
- OCLC:
- 51946267
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