Simon Winchester commemorates 100th anniversary of The Great California Earthquake of April 18, 1906
With tongue in cheek humor, 'rock jock' Simon Winchester appeared at BookExpo America last year to tell the story of how his research into the life of Alexander Washington Greeley, famous for cutting off his penis and throwing it into a fire, led him back to his old geology professor and the story of William Smith, the father of modern geology. To his surprise, Winchester discovered that 'geology is cool', which inspired him to write his latest bestseller, A Crack in the Edge of the World (HarperCollins; October, 2005) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the worst natural disaster in American history--the San Franciscio Earthquake of April 18, 1906.
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Simon Winchester commemorates 100th anniversary of The Great California Earthquake of April 18, 1906
