I began to realize that radio could do more even than preserve my sanity and defeat my homesickness;
it could provide me with a wealth of information on, and a hearty appreciation for,
a place as different from my home town as any in the country.
1）more even than 是什么使用方法？为何不说even more than或more than even? 可否如此说呢？ 意思是什么？
2）with a wealth of information on, and a hearty appreciation for： on 和 for 省略了什么成分？
3) as...as any = 很，极其， “a place as different from my home town as any in the country. ” 这句和前面的整个句子是什么关系？怎么样衔接的？
特别是a place和前句语法，成分关系剖析。
谢谢老师！
I began to realize that radio could do more even than preserve my sanity and defeat my homesickness;it could provide me with a wealth of information on, and a hearty appreciation for,a place as different from my home town as any in the country.
1 radio could do more （主句）even than （it could) preserve my sanity and defeat my homesickness; even强调比较分句，所以至于它所强调的成分之前。
2 it could provide me with a wealth of information on, and a hearty appreciation for,a place as different from my home town as any in the country.
=it could provide me with a wealth of information on a place as different from my home town as any in the country, and a hearty appreciation fora place as different from my home town as any in the country.
类似结构：I am as tall as, if not taller than, Tom.
= I am as tall as Tom, if not taller than him.
3 a place as different from my home town as any in the country
= a place that is as different from my home as any in the country is.
这种as...as 表示同级比较，并非你理解的“极其、很”。
译文：我开始意识到，收音机远不止能让我维持理智，让我不想家。它还给我提供了丰富的资讯，让我知道并赏析与我家乡不一样的某个地方。