A Crack in the Edge of the World - Simon Winchester - Audio Book
A Crack in the Edge of the World - Simon Winchester : Simon Winchester vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of Americas relentless western expansion.
In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, San Francisco and a string of other towns were overcome by an earthquake registering 8.25 on the Richter scale, resulting from a rupture in the San Andreas fault. Lasting little more than a minute, the earthquake wrecked 490 blocks, toppled a total of 25, 000 buildings, broke open gas mains, cut off electric power lines, and effectively destroyed the gold rush capital that had stood there for a half century.
As a trained geologist, Simon Winchester knows very well about what he is talking and his way to explain this earthquake in this audio book is clear and precise. Remarkable.
In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, San Francisco and a string of other towns were overcome by an earthquake registering 8.25 on the Richter scale, resulting from a rupture in the San Andreas fault. Lasting little more than a minute, the earthquake wrecked 490 blocks, toppled a total of 25, 000 buildings, broke open gas mains, cut off electric power lines, and effectively destroyed the gold rush capital that had stood there for a half century.
As a trained geologist, Simon Winchester knows very well about what he is talking and his way to explain this earthquake in this audio book is clear and precise. Remarkable.
Labels: 20th century history, audio, earthquake, san andreas fault, san francisco, united states
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