Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 - Simon Winchester

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 - Simon Winchester (2003)

PRELUDE

Chapter 1. ‘AN ISLAND WITH A POINTED MOUNTAIN’

Chapter 2. THE CROCODILE IN THE CANAL

Chapter 3. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS ON THE WALLACE LINE

Chapter 4. THE MOMENTS WHEN THE MOUNTAIN MOVED

Chapter 5. THE UNCHAINING OF THE GATES OF HELL

Chapter 6. A LEAGUE FROM THE LAST OF THE SUN

Chapter 7. THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE TERRIFIED ELEPHANT

Chapter 8. THE PAROXYSM, THE FLOOD AND THE CRACK OF DOOM

Chapter 9. REBELLION OF A RUINED PEOPLE

Chapter 10. THE RISING OF THE SON

EPILOGUE. THE PLACE THE WORLD EXPLODED

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