The Big One: The Earthquake That Rocked Early America and Helped Create a Science
by Jake Page, Charles Officer
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0618341501
- ISBN 13
- 9780618341504
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In the early 1800s a series of gargantuan earth tremors seized the American frontier. Tremendous roars and flashes of eerie light accompanied huge spouts of water and gas. Six-foot-high waterfalls appeared in the Mississippi River, thousands of trees exploded, and some 1,500 people -- in what was then a sparsely populated wilderness -- were killed. A region the size of Texas, centered in Missouri and Arkansas, was rent apart, and the tremors reached as far as Montreal. Forget the 1906 earthquake -- this set of quakes constituted the Big One. The United States would face certain catastrophe if such quakes occurred again. Could they? The answer lies in seismology, a science that is still coming to grips with the Big One. Jake Page and Charles Officer rely on compelling historical accounts and the latest scientific findings to tell a fascinating, long-forgotten story in which the naturalist John James Audubon, the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, scientists, and charlatans all play roles. Whether describing devastating earthquakes or a dire year in a young nation, The Big One offers astounding breadth and drama.
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- Title
- The Big One: The Earthquake That Rocked Early America and Helped Create a Science
- Author
- Jake Page, Charles Officer
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- [ Edition: First Edition ]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0618341501
- ISBN 13
- 9780618341504
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- June 17, 2004
- Keywords
- 0618341501
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