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Author

Winchester, Simon.

Title A crack in the edge of the world : America and the great California earthquake of 1906 / Simon Winchester.

Imprint

New York : HarperCollins, 2005.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	979.461051 W721c 2005	---	Available
Eureka Non-Fiction	979.461 Win	---	Available
Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction	979.461 Win	---	Available

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xiv, 462 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Chronicle : a year of living dangerously -- The temporary city -- Chronicle : such almost modern times -- From plate to shining plate -- Chronicle : the state of the golden state -- How the west was made -- The mischief maker -- Chronicle : city of mint and smoke -- Overture : the night before dark -- The savage Interruption -- Ripples on the surface of the pond -- Perspective : ice and fire.
Subject	San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.
	Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century.
	San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN	0060571993 (hc : alk. paper)
Standard No.	9780060571993 52795