The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet by Henry Fountain

The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet

Henry Fountain

288 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous emotional slow-paced
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In the tradition of Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, a riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in recorded history in North America--the 1964 Alaskan earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and obliterated the coastal village of Chenega-...

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informative 100%
adventurous 33%
reflective 27%
sad 27%
emotional 22%
challenging 16%
dark 11%
inspiring 11%
tense 11%
mysterious 5%

Pace

medium 47%
slow 42%
fast 10%

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