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Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
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- Creator
- Simon Winchester
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First Perennial edition
- New York : Harper-Collins, 2004
- ©2003
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780060937362, 006093736X
- OCLC
- ocm54958741
- "Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Viking"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [385]-396) and index.
- 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