A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester

A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906. By Simon Winchester. Hardcover. The international bestselling author vividly brings to life the 1906 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 destructive force. In good used condition. Some wear to the dust cover, and some staining along the edges of the pages.