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| TITLE: |
Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883 / Simon Winchester. |
| ADDED TITLE: |
Day the world exploded, August 27, 1883 |
| AUTHOR: |
Winchester, Simon. |
| PUBLISHED: |
New York : Harper-Collins, c2003. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xvi, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| EDITION: |
1st U.S. ed. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-396) and index. |
| NOTES: |
"An island with a pointed mountain" -- The crocodile in the canal -- Close encounters on the Wallace Line -- The moments when the mountain moved -- The unchaining of the gates of Hell -- A league from the last of the sun -- The curious case of the terrified elephant -- The paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom -- Rebellion of a ruined people -- The rising of the son -- Epilogue : the place the world exploded -- Recommendations for (and, in one case, against) further reading and viewing. |
| SUBJECT: |
Krakatoa (Indonesia)--Eruption, 1883. |
| SUBJECT: |
Volcanoes--Indonesia--History--19th century. |
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