Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 Paperback - 2005
by Simon Winchester
Now in paperback comes the "New York Times" bestseller on the catastrophic eruption of the volcano Krakatoa in 1883, and its lasting and world-changing effects. 57 line drawings. 18 halftones & maps.
First line
Though we think first of Java as an eponym for coffee (or, to some today, a computer language), it is in fact the trading of aromatic tropical spices on which the fortunes of the great island colonizers and western discoverers were first found.
From the rear cover
Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogot and Washington, D.C., went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of the island's destruction was heard in Australia and India and on islands thousands of miles away. Most significant of all -- in view of today's new political climate -- the eruption helped to trigger in Java a wave of murderous anti-Western militancy among fundamentalist Muslims, one of the first outbreaks of Islamic-inspired killings anywhere. Krakatoa gives us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
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- Title Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
- Author Simon Winchester
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Harper Peren
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date July 5, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780060838591 / 0060838590
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.2 x 1.2 in (20.32 x 13.21 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Library of Congress subjects Krakatoa (Indonesia) - Eruption, 1883, Volcanoes - Indonesia - History - 19th
- Dewey Decimal Code 551.210
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Citations
- Ingram Advance, 08/01/2005, Page 63
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