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Simon Winchester on 'A Crack at the Edge of the World'

Simon Winchester reminds us that we live on a planet whose plates continuously collide, in a precariously perched coastline state. Sara Terry speaks with him about his new book, A Crack at the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906.

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KCRW placeholderBy Sarah Spitz • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read
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    Sarah Spitz

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    Simon Winchester

    Journalist, geologist and author

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