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Rent Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
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Narrator: Simon Winchester
Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback
Publisher: Harperaudio
Published: Apr 2003
Genre: History - General
Retail Price: $39.95
Discs: 10
Synopsis
Considers the global impact of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, documenting its cause of an immense tsunami that killed some 40,000 people, its impact on the weather for several years, and its role in anti-Western Islamic fundamentalism.
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