Many people know about Hawai'i's volcanic crater, Diamond Head, but very few are aware of the crater's colourful past. After Diamond Head burst from the shore of O'ahu in a series of steam explosions, the crater sat silent for hundreds of thousands of years, before becoming a backdrop to some of the most famous moments in Hawai'i's history. Author Denby Fawcett's definitive book breathes life into the iconic but silent landmark, which some geologists consider the most perfect example of a volcanic tuff cone in the world. Secrets of Diamond HeadSecrets of Diamond Head</em, you will never look at this geologic wonder in the same way.
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 10 mm
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978-0-615-88129-4 (9780615881294)
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Denby Fawcett is a veteran newspaper and television journalist. She is a graduate of Columbia University, USA, and was a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University, USA. She has been inducted into the Associated Press Television Radio Association's Hall of Fame for a lifetime of achievement. Denby lives in Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA. She co-authored War Torn: Stories of War from the Women Reporters Who Covered Vietnam (Random House, 2002), a book about her and eight other women reporters who covered the Vietnam War.
