In this sobering book, John Nance offers a dramatic account of the major earthquake in Alaska in 1964 and describes other massive quakes. He gives a gripping, n

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Describes the severe earthquake which changed the course of the Mississippi River in several places, destroyed timberlands, drained swamps, and formed lakes.