Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883 / Simon Winchester.

By: Winchester, Simon [author.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English New York : Harper Perennial, 2005Edition: First Harper Perennial editionDescription: xx, 416, 16 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0060838590 (paperback)Other title: Day the world exploded, August 27, 1883Subject(s): Volcanoes -- Indonesia -- History -- 19th century | Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Eruption, 1883LOC classification: QE523.K73 W56 2005
Contents:
"An island with a pointed mountain" -- The crocodile in the canal -- Close encounters on the Wallace Line -- The moments when the mountain moved -- The unchaining of the gates of Hell -- A league from the last of the sun -- The curious case of the terrified elephant -- The paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom -- Rebellion of a ruined people -- The rising of the son -- Epilogue : the place the world exploded -- Recommendations for (and, in one case, against) further reading and viewing.
Summary: In August 1883, a catastrophic volcanic eruption off the coast of Java was followed by a tsunami that killed nearly 40,000 people. The author brings new perspective to this iconic event, showing how it marked a change in East-West relations.
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"Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Viking, a division of Penguin Books, Ltd."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-396) and index.

"An island with a pointed mountain" -- The crocodile in the canal -- Close encounters on the Wallace Line -- The moments when the mountain moved -- The unchaining of the gates of Hell -- A league from the last of the sun -- The curious case of the terrified elephant -- The paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom -- Rebellion of a ruined people -- The rising of the son -- Epilogue : the place the world exploded -- Recommendations for (and, in one case, against) further reading and viewing.

In August 1883, a catastrophic volcanic eruption off the coast of Java was followed by a tsunami that killed nearly 40,000 people. The author brings new perspective to this iconic event, showing how it marked a change in East-West relations.