Thomas E. Lovejoy, President, Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment: "A real page turner of a geological detective story ... will the 'Big One' of 1811 happen again? Page and Officer have once again given us a joy of a book, a superbly written tale of science, history, and public policy."
David Rains Wallace, author of BEASTS OF EDEN and THE BONEHUNTERS' REVENGE: "A fresh, compelling account of the history of earthquakes that startles readers with the most enigmatic, unsettling discovery about these events -- that cataclysmic quakes can occur in usually quiescent regions like the eastern U.S." |