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A crack in the edge of the world the great American earthquake of 1906

Winchester brings his storytelling abilities, as well as his understanding of geology, to the extraordinary San Francisco Earthquake, exploring not only what happened in northern California in 1906 that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion, but what we have learned...

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Main Author:	Winchester, Simon
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London Penguin Books 2006
Subjects:	San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 Earthquakes > California > San Francisco > History > 20th century San Francisco (Calif.) > History > 20th century
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