Description: Book has been checked and has NO underlining, highlighting or writing throughout book! See pictures for all angles of the book! Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, 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 Bogotá and Washington, D.C., 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 allin view of today's new political climate-- the eruption helped to trigger in Java a wave of murderous anti-Western mili- tancy 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.
Price: 11.27 USD
Location: New Braunfels, Texas
End Time: 2024-12-26T05:30:46.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Paperback
Signed: No
Book Series: Historical
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Illustrated
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Intended Audience: Adults, Young Adults, Ages 9-12
Unit Quantity: 1
Edition: First Perennial Edition
Book Title: Krakatoa : the Day the World Exploded: August 27 1883
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 5.3in
Author: Simon Winchester
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Asia / Southeast Asia, Natural Disasters, Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism, Earth Sciences / Geology, Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Nature, Science, History
Item Weight: 13.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 448 Pages
