Showing Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester
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Chronicles the destruction of Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This book describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm.
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