A Crack in the Edge of the World
Author: Simon Winchester
s/t: America & the Great California Earthquake of 1906Geologically speaking, 1906 was a violent year: powerful, destructive earthquakes shook the ground from Taiwan to South America, while in Italy, Mount Vesuvius erupted. And in San Francisco, a large earthquake occurred just after five in the morning on April 18–and that was just the beginning. The quake caused a confla….Read More
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