[Chickensoup]

http://www.amazon.com/Krakatoa-World-Exploded-August-1883/dp/0060838590/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1432043999&sr=1-1&keywords=krakatoa

Krakatoa, they day the world exploded. About a large volcano explosion in the area of java and how it affected the world.

[Prospero]

Krakatoa, the day... was an excellent book, not only describing the event in detail (west, not "East," of Java), but the influence of the first natural catastrophe and its aftermath reported on worldwide, as it happened, because of the recent completion of undersea telegraphy.

Good book, good choice.