Krakatoa
Subtitle: the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
By: Simon Winchester.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Harper-Collins
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
Subjects: Volcanoes -- Indonesia -- History -- 19th century; Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Eruption, 1883
Other titles: Day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
Description: Considers the global impact of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, documenting its cause of an immense tsunami that killed 40,000 people, its impact on the weather for several years, and its role in anti-Western Islamic fundamentalism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-396) and index.
Table of contents: title: "An island with a pointed mountain"; title: The crocodile in the canal; title: Close encounters on the Wallace Line; title: The moments when the mountain moved; title: The unchaining of the gates of Hell; title: A league from the last of the sun; title: The curious case of the terrified elephant; title: The paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom; title: Rebellion of a ruined people; title: The rising of the son; title: Epilogue : the place the world exploded; title: Recommendations for (and, in one case, against) further reading and viewing.