Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens

Olson, Steve

ISBN 10: 039324279X / ISBN 13: 9780393242799

Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2016

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Synopsis :

For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists and ordinary people listened anxiously to rumblings in the long quiescent volcano Mount St. Helens. Still, when a massive explosion took the top off the mountain, no one was prepared. Fifty-seven people died, including newlywed logger John Killian (for years afterward, his father searched for him in the ash), scientist Dave Johnston, and celebrated local curmudgeon Harry Truman. The lives of many others were forever changed. Steve Olson interweaves history, science and vivid personal stories of the volcano's victims and survivors to portray the disaster as a multifaceted turning point. Powerful economic, political and historical forces influenced who died when the volcano erupted, and their deaths marked the end of an era in the Pacific Northwest. The eruption of Mount St. Helens transformed volcanic science, the study of environmental resilience, and our perceptions of how to survive on an increasingly dangerous planet.

À propos de l?auteur: Steve Olson is the author of Mapping Human History (a finalist for the National Book Award) and Count Down, among other books.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. ...
Éditeur : W. W. Norton & Company
Date d'édition : 2016
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : good