Big Weather: Chasing Tornadoes in the Heart of America - Couverture souple

Svenvold, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0805080147 ISBN 13 : 9780805080148

Editeur : Owl Books,U.S., 2006

Synopsis

Why do some people chase the kind of storms that would send most people running for their lives? Why does devastating weather maintain a primal hold on our collective imagination? With Matt Biddle, an Ahab-like veteran storm chaser, as his guide, Mark Svenvold draws a portrait of a culture enamoured by extremes during a 6,000-mile journey through the heartland. Along the way, he encounters an assortment of eccentric characters, including a duo named the Twister Sisters and an IMAX filmmaker who drives an armour-plated truck. And they're all after one thing. At the heart of the excitement are the awe-inspiring events themselves - a tornado that levels a small Nebraska town, wild twisters that spin cars into the air and, in the case of unlucky Donald Staley, destroy three of his homes in succession. An entertaining narrative brimming with stylish prose, "Big Weather" is a wryly observed meditation on the weather and the subculture of catastrophilia, the culture and commerce of catastrophic weather.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Owl Books,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0805080147
• ISBN 13: 9780805080148
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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• Personne responsable: non disponible