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The great quake : how the biggest earthquake in North America changed our understanding of the planet

text The great quake : how the biggest earthquake in North America changed our understanding of the planet

Fountain, Henry

Summary: "In the tradition of Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, a riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in recorded history in North America--the 1964 Alaskan earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and obliterated the coastal village of Chenega... Read more

Contents: Altered state -- Under the mountain -- An accident of geography -- Clam broth and beer -- The floating world -- Spiking out -- Before the storm -- Faults -- Shaken -- Stunned -- The barnacle line -- Rebuilding -- Deep thinking -- Acceptance -- Epilogue.

Format: text

Description: vii, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Publisher: Crown 2017

Library	Location	Status
Woodmere (Main Branch)	551.2 FOU in Adult Non-fiction	Available

Library	Location	Status
TADL-WOOD	551.2 FOU in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964 Earthquakes Alaska Prince William Sound Region History 20th century Prince William Sound Region (Alaska) History 20th century Prince William Sound Region (Alaska) Environmental conditions History 20th century Earthquake damage Alaska Prince William Sound Region History 20th century Plafker, George 1929- Geologists United States Biography Seismology Alaska Prince William Sound Region History 20th century

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