The Resource Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883, Simon Winchester
Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883, Simon Winchester
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- Summary
- The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster -- was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event that has only very recently been properly understood, the eruption changed the world in more ways than could possibly be imagined. Dust swirled round die planet for years, causing temperatures to plummet and sunsets to turn vivid with lurid and unsettling displays of light. 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. Winchester's long experience in the world wandering as well as his knowledge of history and geology give us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event as he brings it telling back to life
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 416 p.
- Contents
-
- 4. The
- moments when the mountain moved
- 5. The
- unchaining of the gates of Hell
- 6. A
- league from the last of the sun
- 7. The
- curious case of the terrified elephant
- 8. The
- paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom
- List of illustrations and maps
- 9.
- Rebellion of a ruined peple
- 10. The
- rising of the son
- Epilogue : the place the world exploded
- Recommendations for (and, in one case, against) further reading and viewing
- Acknowledgments, erkenningen, Terima Kasih
- Index
- Prelude
- 1. "An
- island with a pointed mountain"
- 2 The
- crocodile in the canal
- 3.
- Close encounters on the Wallace Line
- Isbn
- 9780066212852
- Label
- Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
- Title
- Krakatoa
- Title remainder
- the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
- Statement of responsibility
- Simon Winchester
- Title variation
- Day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster -- was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event that has only very recently been properly understood, the eruption changed the world in more ways than could possibly be imagined. Dust swirled round die planet for years, causing temperatures to plummet and sunsets to turn vivid with lurid and unsettling displays of light. 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. Winchester's long experience in the world wandering as well as his knowledge of history and geology give us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event as he brings it telling back to life
- Cataloging source
- HRF
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Winchester, Simon
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- QE523.K73
- LC item number
- W56 2003b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Volcanoes
- Volcanoes
- Krakatoa (Indonesia)
- Krakatoa (Indonesia)
- Label
- Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883, Simon Winchester
- Contents
-
- 4. The
- moments when the mountain moved
- 5. The
- unchaining of the gates of Hell
- 6. A
- league from the last of the sun
- 7. The
- curious case of the terrified elephant
- 8. The
- paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom
- List of illustrations and maps
- 9.
- Rebellion of a ruined peple
- 10. The
- rising of the son
- Epilogue : the place the world exploded
- Recommendations for (and, in one case, against) further reading and viewing
- Acknowledgments, erkenningen, Terima Kasih
- Index
- Prelude
- 1. "An
- island with a pointed mountain"
- 2 The
- crocodile in the canal
- 3.
- Close encounters on the Wallace Line
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 416 p.
- Isbn
- 9780066212852
- Other physical details
- ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- System control number
- ocm51946267
- Label
- Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883, Simon Winchester
- Contents
-
- 4. The
- moments when the mountain moved
- 5. The
- unchaining of the gates of Hell
- 6. A
- league from the last of the sun
- 7. The
- curious case of the terrified elephant
- 8. The
- paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom
- List of illustrations and maps
- 9.
- Rebellion of a ruined peple
- 10. The
- rising of the son
- Epilogue : the place the world exploded
- Recommendations for (and, in one case, against) further reading and viewing
- Acknowledgments, erkenningen, Terima Kasih
- Index
- Prelude
- 1. "An
- island with a pointed mountain"
- 2 The
- crocodile in the canal
- 3.
- Close encounters on the Wallace Line
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 416 p.
- Isbn
- 9780066212852
- Other physical details
- ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- System control number
- ocm51946267
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