Simon Winchester

Broschiertes Buch

A Crack in the Edge of the World

The Great American Earthquake of 1906

Beschreibung

A burgeoning city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. In 1906 the dreams of this city, came crashing down beneath the rippling wave of a horrifying earthquake. This story delves beneath the surface of the earth, and explains why the world moves as it does. It portrays the lives of the people who suffered and survived the devastation.

Autor

Simon Winchester has had an award-winning 20 year career as Guardian correspondent. He lives in New York and is the Asia-Pacific Editor for Conde Nast Traveler and contributes to a number of American magazines, as well as the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator and the BBC. He has written numerous books. The River at the Centre of the World (Viking 1997/Penguin 1998) has been shortlisted for the 1998 Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 139mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 338g
• ISBN-13: 9780141016344
• ISBN-10: 0141016345
• Artikelnr.: 21574740