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A Crack in the Edge of the World : America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906. Author and Historian Simon Winchester
Author: Author and Historian Simon Winchester
Date: 10 Oct 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Language: English
Book Format: Paperback::462 pages
ISBN10: 0060572000
Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
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