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

Winchester, Simon. (Author).
  • Description: xvi, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper-Collins,
  • ISBN: 0066212855 (alk. paper)

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Contents: "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.

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Subject: Krakatoa (Indonesia) > Eruption, 1883.
Volcanoes > Indonesia > History > 19th century.

Added title: Day the world exploded, August 27, 1883

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