Ebook {Epub PDF} A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester

Simon Winchester’s “A Crack in the Edge of the World” is a dense tome combining Winchester’s twin loves of travel and geology. Half travelogue and half plate tectonics lesson, Winchester delves deep into the history and formation of the American continent and how San Francisco came to be settled on uniquely unstable ground. Simon Winchester is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Professor and the Madman, The Men Who United the States, The Map That Changed the World, The Man Who Loved China, A Crack in the Edge of the World, and Krakatoa, all of which were New York Times bestsellers and appeared on numerous best and notable lists. In , Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Cited by: Find many great new used options and get the best deals for A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of by Simon Winchester (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and. A Crack in the Edge of the World | Chapter 4 of Author: Simon Winchester | Submitted by: Maria Garcia | Views | Add a Review Please hit next button if you encounter an empty page. Simon Winchester was born and educated in England. He was a foreign correspondent for more than thirty years includng twelve years for the Guardian in Asia, reporting on the Hong Kong handover to China for the newspaper in , and twenty years as the Asia editor for Condé Nast Traveler. He is the author of many highly acclaimed and bestsellng works of non-fiction.

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