TY  - BOOK
AU  - Winchester,Simon
TI  - A crack in the edge of the world: America and the great California earthquake of 1906 
SN  - 0060571993 (alk. paper)
AV  - F869.S357 W56 2005
U1  - 979.4/61051 22
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - New York
PB  - HarperCollins
KW  - Earthquakes
KW  - California
KW  - San Francisco
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
KW  - San Francisco (Calif.)
KW  - sears
N1  - Includes a fold-out dustjacket; Maps on endpapers; Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-433) and index; Kirkus Review; Library Journal Starred; Pub Weekly; Adult; Adult; Follett Library Resources
N2  - Discusses how the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 led to a greater scientific study of earthquakes in an attempt to understand the movements of the earth, and explains plate tectonics theory, the creation of the San Andreas Fault, and the social and political shifts caused by the disaster
ER  -