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| Card 847. Ivan Doig. Somewhere between card #811 and 847, the cards started getting dated "2006" instead of "2005." The book promoted on the card ended up being a New York Times bestseller. |
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| Card 880. Simon Winchester. "A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906" is the second of two books out of all 1080 books promoted with these cards that I have read. Either I need to read more or I have just been reading all the wrong books. This one has relevance for me since I have lived my whole life in or near San Jose which is about 50 miles south of San Francisco. I experienced the Loma Prieta Earthquake in 1989 but that was apparently just a minor shake-up next to the 1906 quake. I hadn't read any of Winchester's books before reading this one. It's quite detailed and yet very readable. He tells real stories very well, and since he is a geologist, he knows the subject. A scientist doesn't always have the gift of being able to talk to a mainstream audience as well as talk shop with fellow scientists but Winchester has that gift. I recommend it to any science or history buff especially if you're interested in San Francisco/California history. However, after reading it, I've been thinking of moving to Utah or anywhere else hundreds of miles from the San Andreas Fault. |
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