A CRACK IN THE EDGE OF THE WORLD(美国历史)

Book Description
In the early morning hours of April 18.1906, an earthquake registering 8.25 on the Richter scale struck San Francisco and a string of towns to its north-northwest and south-southeast. The quake, lasting little more than a minute, toppled 25,000 buildings, broke open gas mains, and cut off electric power lines throughout the Bay area. Then came the fires that raged for three days, cutting a deadly-200-mile-long swath across coastal California, leaving chaos and horror in its wake while effectively destroying the gold rush capital that had stood for a half century. It was perhaps the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.

Internatinally bestselling author Simon Winchester vividly brings the cataclysm to life - offering a fascinating in-depth exploration of a legendary event that changed the way we look at the planet on which we live.

"An abosorbing narrative of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906... a timely study of America's risky taste for civic culture on the edge of the abyss."
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　The Independent

Book Dimension
length: (cm)17.2 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)10.6

Book Description
In the early morning hours of April 18.1906, an earthquake registering 8.25 on the Richter scale struck San Francisco and a string of towns to its north-northwest and south-southeast. The quake, lasting little more than a minute, toppled 25,000 buildings, broke open gas mains, and cut off electric power lines throughout the Bay area. Then came the fires that raged for three days, cutting a deadly-200-mile-long swath across coastal California, leaving chaos and horror in its wake while effectively destroying the gold rush capital that had stood for a half century. It was perhaps the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.

Internatinally bestselling author Simon Winchester vividly brings the cataclysm to life - offering a fascinating in-depth exploration of a legendary event that changed the way we look at the planet on which we live.

"An abosorbing narrative of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906... a timely study of America's risky taste for civic culture on the edge of the abyss."
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　The Independent

Book Dimension
length: (cm)17.2 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)10.6

Simon Winchester has been a globe-trotting correspondent. Trained at Oxford as a geologist, he is the author of the international bestsellers Krakatoa, The Map That Changed the World,and The Surgeon of Crowthorne. In 2006 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire. Mr. Winchester lives in New York City and the Berkshires in Massachusetts, USA.