Krakatoa, The Day The World Exploded: August 27, 1883
by Winchester, Simon
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- ISBN 13
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New York, NY: HarperPerennial, 2004. 1st Pbk Ed 2nd Pr. Water mark on last 150+/- pages. Content not affected. Paperback. 8vo. 23 Pgs.. Good. Krakatoa, The Day The World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester. Published by HarperPerennial, New York, NY, 2004. 1st Paperback Edition 2nd Printing. Paperback. No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Good. Water mark on last 150+/- pages. Content not affected. 416 Pgs. ISBN 006093736X. The author examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogota and Washington, DC, went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of the island's destruction was heard in Australia and India and on islands thousands of miles away. Most significant of all, in view of today's new political climate, the eruption helped to trigger in Java a wave of murderous anti-Western militancy among fundamentalist Muslims, one of the first outbreaks of Islamic-inspired killings anywhere. Krakatoa gives us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event. Description text copyright 2007 BooksForComfort. Item ID 13609.
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- Bookseller
- Comfort Kraft (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13609
- Title
- Krakatoa, The Day The World Exploded: August 27, 1883
- Author
- Winchester, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Water mark on last 150+/- pages. Content not affected. Paperback. 8vo. 23 Pgs.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Pbk Ed 2nd Pr
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 006093736X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060937362
- Publisher
- HarperPerennial
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Asia, Tsunami, Volcano
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