Simon Winchester on Krakatoa

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Simon Winchester tells Jim Fleming about the enormous volcanic eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia in 1883. The tidal waves killed almost forty thousand people, and the resulting social chaos gave rise to the first incidents of Muslim clerics fomenting violent uprisings against Westerners. Winchester’s book is “Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883.