Have you had enough on your plate already? That Is, tectonically speaking of course. Well Simon Winchester's" A Crack in the Edge of the World" may be just right for your palate. Simon is a fun writer and seems to have passed muster with reviews from the scientific community. So join us on the first Tuesday in November and listen to part of an interview with NPR's NEAL CONAN and Simon Winchester from San Francisco on the one-hundred year anniversary of the 1906 Earthquake.
Long-time writer for National geographic Magazine, Winchester describes the scientific and social history surrounding the catastrophic events which shatterred other civilizations.
NLS ANNOTATION
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of1906 Winchester, Simon. Read by Steven Carpenter. Reading time 13 hours 46 minutes.
U.S. History
Geologist and author of Krakatoa (RC 55879) recounts the April 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires that devastated the San Francisco area. Chronicles the natural disaster in historical, political, and social context, detailing Earth's geologic background and the science of tectonic plate theory. 2005.
Download A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906, DB62162
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Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 2006.
Book Number: HN634
facilitated by Don Queen
Email: queens@pacbell.net
