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Author Fountain, Henry, author. Title The great quake : how the biggest earthquake in North America changed our understanding of the planet / Henry Fountain. Publisher New York : Crown, c2017. Copies
ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS Land O Lakes adult nonfiction 551.22 FOU AVAILABLE Manitowish Waters adult nonfiction 551.22 Fou AVAILABLE Superior adult nonfiction 551.22 F825g AVAILABLE Edition First edition. Descript vii, 277 pages, 8 pages of plates (unnumbered) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Note Nonfiction. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-269) and index. Contents Altered state -- Under the Mountain -- An Accident of Geography -- Clam Broth and Beer -- The Floating World -- Spiking Out -- Before the Storm -- Faults -- Shaken -- Stunned -- The Barnacle Line -- Rebuilding -- Deep Thinking -- Acceptance -- Epilogue. Summary This book is 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--and the scientist sent to look for geological clues to explain the dynamics of earthquakes, who helped to confirm the then controversial theory of plate tectonics. Audience 1190L Lexile Subject Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964. Earthquakes -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound Region -- History -- 20th century. Prince William Sound Region (Alaska) -- History -- 20th century. Prince William Sound Region (Alaska) -- Environmental conditions -- History -- 20th century. Earthquake damage -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound Region -- History -- 20th century. Plafker, George, 1929- Geologists -- United States -- Biography. Seismology -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound Region -- History -- 20th century. Genre Biographies. ISBN/ISSN 1101904062 9781101904060
