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Volcanoes -- Indonesia -- Juvenile literature.
Indonesia -- Juvenile literature.
Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Eruption, 1883 -- Juvenile literature.
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Winchester, Simon.
Volcanoes -- Indonesia -- Juvenile literature.
Indonesia -- Juvenile literature.
Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Eruption, 1883 -- Juvenile literature.
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The day the world exploded : the earthshaking catastrophe at Krakatoa / Simon Winchester ; adaptation by Dwight Jon Zimmerman ; illustrated by Jason Chin.
by
Winchester, Simon.
Collins c2008.
Call #:
551.2109598 W759d
Subjects
Volcanoes
--
Indonesia
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Indonesia
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Krakatoa (
Indonesia
)
--
Eruption, 1883
--
Juvenile
literature
.
ISBN:
9780061239830
0061239836
9780061239823
0061239828
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
96 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm.
Notes:
An adaption of "Krakatoa : the day the world exploded."
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 95) and index.
Contents:
Understanding
volcanoes
: Legends
--
Alfred Wegener
--
Science
--
Some famous
volcanoes
--
About Krakatoa
--
Business empire: Spice trade
--
Dutch East Indies Company
--
Batavia
--
Amazing century: Discovery and invention
--
Wallace line
--
Telegraph
--
Early warnings: May 1883
--
Perboewatan erupts
--
Tourism
--
Island deathwatch
--
Circus elephant
--
Krakatoa dies: Sunday, August 26, 1883
--
Monday, August 27, 1883
--
Impact near
--
And impact far
--
Reuters reports
--
Shock waves
--
Death rafts
--
Weather changes
--
Life returns: Rakata
--
Rising up
--
Island grows
--
Krakatau today.
Summary:
The almighty explosion that destroyed the volcano island of Krakatoa was followed by an immense tsunami that killed more than thirty thousand people. The effects of the waves were felt as far away as France, and bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. Today, one hundred and twenty-five years after the volcano erupted in one of the greatest catastrophes the world has ever know, the name Krakatoa is still synonymous with disaster. In this illustrated account the colossal explosion is bought to vivid life. From the ominous warnings leading up to the eruption to the wave of killings it provoked, here is a look at what happened on the day the world exploded.
Audience:
Ages 10-14.
Other authors:
Zimmerman, Dwight Jon.
Chin, Jason, 1978-
Winchester, Simon. Krakatoa, the day the world exploded.
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