Braving the elements
the stormy history of American weather
1st ed.
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Word Count
60,250 words, Guess
Page Count
241 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL21337606M
- ISBN-100385469551
- OCLC Control Number32590175
- OCLC Control Numberbravingelementss0000lask
- Library of Congress Control Number95019851
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- Goodreads4050819
- LibraryThing529579
Classifications
- DDC551.6973
- LCCQC983
Description
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 the centuries. 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 1888 to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s 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?"
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