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Author Winchester, Simon.

Title Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883 / Simon Winchester.

Publication Info. New York : Harper-Collins, [2003]
©2003

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Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xvi, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note "Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Viking"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [384]-396) and index.
Contents List of illustrations and maps -- Prelude -- 1. "An island with a pointed mountain" -- 2 The crocodile in the canal -- 3. Close encounters on the Wallace Line -- 4. The moments when the mountain moved -- 5. The unchaining of the gates of Hell -- 6. A league from the last of the sun -- 7. The curious case of the terrified elephant -- 8. The paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom -- 9. Rebellion of a ruined peple -- 10. The rising of the son -- Epilogue : the place the world exploded -- Recommendations for (and, in one case, against) further reading and viewing -- Acknowledgments, erkenningen, Terima Kasih -- Index.
Summary Considers the global impact of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, documenting its cause of an immense tsunami that killed 40,000 people, its impact on the weather for several years, and its role in anti-Western Islamic fundamentalism.
Subject Volcanoes -- Indonesia -- History.
Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- History.
Added Title Day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
ISBN 0066212855: $25.95
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