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The Big One: the Earthquake That Rocked Early America and Helped Create a Science
by Page, Jake; Officer Charles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0618341501
- ISBN 13
- 9780618341504
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very Good. Some damp staining on the base of the spine to book and dust jacket. Dust jacket protected by removable Brodart cover..
Synopsis
In the early 1800s a series of gargantuan earth tremors seized the American frontier. Tremendous roars and flashes of eerie light accompanied huge spouts of water and gas. Six-foot-high waterfalls appeared in the Mississippi River, thousands of trees exploded, and some 1,500 people -- in what was then a sparsely populated wilderness -- were killed. A region the size of Texas, centered in Missouri and Arkansas, was rent apart, and the tremors reached as far as Montreal. Forget the 1906 earthquake -- this set of quakes constituted the Big One. The United States would face certain catastrophe if such quakes occurred again. Could they? The answer lies in seismology, a science that is still coming to grips with the Big One. Jake Page and Charles Officer rely on compelling historical accounts and the latest scientific findings to tell a fascinating, long-forgotten story in which the naturalist John James Audubon, the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, scientists, and charlatans all play roles. Whether describing devastating earthquakes or a dire year in a young nation, The Big One offers astounding breadth and drama.
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- Ash Grove Heirloom Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003854
- Title
- The Big One: the Earthquake That Rocked Early America and Helped Create a Science
- Author
- Page, Jake; Officer Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618341501
- ISBN 13
- 9780618341504
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Collectible
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