| Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens Contributor(s): Olson, Steve (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393353583 ISBN-13: 9780393353587 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Earthquakes & Volcanoes - Science | Earth Sciences - Seismology & Volcanism - Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief |
| Dewey: 363.349 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, and nearby residents listened anxiously to rumblings from Mount St. Helens in southwestern Washington State. Still, no one was prepared when a cataclysmic eruption blew the top off of the mountain, laying waste to hundreds of square miles of land and killing fifty-seven people. Steve Olson interweaves vivid personal stories with the history, science, and economic forces that influenced the fates and futures of those around the volcano. Eruption delivers a spellbinding narrative of an event that changed the course of volcanic science, and an epic tale of our fraught relationship with the natural world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Olson, Steve: - Steve Olson is the author of Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens (winner of a Washington State Book Award), Mapping Human History (a finalist for the National Book Award), and other books. He lives in Seattle, Washington. |