Displaying 1 of 1 2005 Title: Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883 Author: Winchester, Simon, author. Edition: First Harper Perennial edition. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Harper Perennial, 2005. ©2003 Description: xx, 416 pages, 16 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm Summary: Considers the global impact of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, documenting its cause of an immense tsunami that killed 40,000 people, its impact on the weather for several years, and its role in anti-Western Islamic fundamentalism. Subjects: Volcanoes -- Indonesia -- History -- 19th century. Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Eruption, 1883. Contents: "An island with a pointed mountain" -- The crocodile in the canal -- Close encounters on the Wallace Line -- The moments when the mountain moved -- The unchaining of the gates of Hell -- A league from the last of the sun -- The curious case of the terrified elephant -- The paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom -- Rebellion of a ruined people -- The rising of the son -- The place the world exploded. ISBN 0060838590 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
