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Author:

Fradin, Judith Bloom.

Title:

Earthquakes : witness to disaster / Judy & Dennis Fradin.

Publisher:

National Geographic,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Earthquakes--Anchorage region.--Anchorage region.
Earthquakes--Anchorage region.--Anchorage region.

Other Authors:

Fradin, Dennis B.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45) and index.

Contents:

Contents: "The ground would not stop shaking" : Alaska, 1964 -- "As if a giant foot had stepped on it" : Why does the earth quake? -- "The heart of this old earth was broken" : famous earthquakes -- "Only a matter of time" : predicting and preparing for earthquakes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Further reading and research -- Interviews by the authors -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Summary:

Describes the earthquake in Alaska in 1964 as told by eyewitness accounts of this disaster.

Series:

Witness to disaster
Fradin, Judith Bloom. Witness to disaster.

ISBN:

1426302126 (lib. bdg.)
9781426302121 (lib. bdg.)
1426302118 (hbk.)
9781426302114 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)180080589

LCCN:

2007044164

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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MCPB423 -- Radcliffe Public Library (Radcliffe)

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SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)

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BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)