Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded Book History Volcano Eruption 1883

CONDITION: Ex-Library Copy - Book may have library stickers, stamps, or markings. The condition is well-used. Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded is a 2003 book by Simon Winchester covering the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Winchester examines the annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France, and the sound of the island's destruction—per Winchester—could be heard as far away as Australia and India.