Krakatoa

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ISBN: 9780060838591 | 0060838590
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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.

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List of Illustrations and Maps	xix
Prelude	1	(8)
One "An Island with a Pointed Mountain"	9	(28)
Two The Crocodile in the Canal	37	(14)
Three Close Encounters on the Wallace Line	51	(64)
Four The Moments When the Mountain Moved	115	(34)
Five The Unchaining of the Gates of Hell	149	(28)
Six A League from the Last of the Sun	177	(20)
Seven The Curious Case of the Terrified Elephant	197	(12)
Eight The Paroxysm, the Flood, and the Crack of Doom	209	(108)
Nine Rebellion of a Ruined People	317	(22)
Ten The Rising of the Son	339	(28)
Epilogue: The Place the World Exploded	367	(18)
Recommendations for (and, in One Case, Against)
Further Reading and Viewing	385	(12)
Acknowledgments, Erkenningen, Terima Kasih	397	(6)
Index	403

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