Ghosts of Vesuvius : a new look at the last days of Pompeii, how towers fall, and other strange connections /
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Author / Creator: | Pellegrino, Charles R. |
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
Imprint: | New York : W. Morrow, c2004. |
Description: | 489 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5343391 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. A Walk Through Time and Space
- 1.. In the Beginning
- 2.. The Gods Themselves
- 3.. Time Gate: The Coevolution of Volcanoes and Life
- 4.. Then Listen, Josephus, for I Digress...
- 5.. Swords and Sandals: Spartacus at Vesuvius
- Part II. Ghosts of Future-Past
- 6.. Cities in Amber
- 7.. The Day After
- 8.. Threads
- 9.. Testament
- 10.. Vesuvius in New York
- Acknowledgments
- Selected Bibliography
- Index