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Braving the Elements (Paperback or Softback)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 038546956X
- EAN
- 9780385469562
- Binding
- TP
- Book Title
- Braving the Elements : the Stormy History of American Weather
- Item Length
- 8in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Nature, Science, Fiction
- Topic
- Weather, Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Natural History, General
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 10.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Nowhere in the world is weather as volatile and powerful as it is in North America. Scorching heat in the Southwest, hurricanes on the Atlantic coast, tornadoes in the Plains, blizzards in the mountains: Every area of the country has vastly different weather, and vastly different cultures as a result. Braving the Elements is David Laskin's delightful and fascinating history of how our unique weather has shaped a nation, and how we've tried to cope with it over centuries. Since before Columbus, the peoples of America have struggled to make sense of the capricious and violent nature of America's weather. Anasazi Indians used the rain dance (and sometimes human sacrifice) to induce rain, while the Puritans in New England blamed the sins of the community for lightening strikes and Nor'easters. IN modern times we carry on those traditions by blaming the weatherman for ruined weekends. Despite hi-tech satellites and powerful computers and 24-hour-a-day forecasting from The Weather Channel, we're still at the mercy of the whims of Mother Nature. Laskin recounts the many dramatic moments in American weather history, from the "Little Ice Age" to Ben Franklin's invention of the lightning rod to the Great Blizzard of the 1930's to the worries about global warming. Packed with fresh insights and wonderful lore and trivia, Braving the Elements is unique and essential reading for anyone who's ever asked, "What's it like outside?"
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
038546956x
ISBN-13
9780385469562
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4038292062
Product Key Features
Book Title
Braving the Elements : the Stormy History of American Weather
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Weather, Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Natural History, General
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Nature, Science, Fiction
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
10.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qc983
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
95-019851
Dewey Decimal
551.6973
Dewey Edition
20
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