About this title: The archetypal natural disaster defined on the verge of the millennium. To understand the cataclysmic earthquake that will tear California apart one day, Philip L. Fradkin has written a dramatic history of earthquakes and an eloquent guide to the San Andreas Fault, the world's best-known tectonic landscape. The author includes vivid stories of earthquakes elsewhere: in New England, the central Mississippi River Valley, New York City, Europe, and the Far East. Always, he combines human and natural drama to place the reader at the epicenter of the most instantaneous and unpredictable of all ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Date Published: 1998-10
ISBN-13:9780805046960ISBN:0805046968
Description: Good. A former library book in protective mylar cover with the usual library markings. (Even though we list all former library books as only good, most are Good+ or VG condition! ) No writing or highlighting noted inside. Good binding. read more
Description: Berkley: University of California Press 1999 1st printing 336 pages, 6 x 9, large format trade paperback CONDITION: VERY GOOD, fore edge curled o/w very good/near fine condition. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780805046960ISBN:0805046968
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780805046960ISBN:0805046968
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 480 p. Audience: General/trade. Earthquakes and life along the San Andreas Fault read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780805046960ISBN:0805046968
Description: Good in Good. jacket. X-Library with usual markings. Pages tight and clean. All books have issued dustcovers unless otherwise noted. Pictures always available upon request. All books wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard container. read more
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