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Author : Kristine Harper
Release : 2005
Genre : Electronic books
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 267/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Mount St. Helens Volcanic Eruptions by : Kristine Harper
Download or read book The Mount St. Helens Volcanic Eruptions written by Kristine Harper. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long dormant Mount St. Helens volcano of the Cascade Mountain Range in Washington State erupted on May 18, 1980.
Author : Patricia Lauber
Release : 1993-03-31
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 796/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Scott Foresman Reading by : Patricia Lauber
Download or read book Scott Foresman Reading written by Patricia Lauber. This book was released on 1993-03-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: May 18, 1980, 8:32 A.M.: An earthquake suddenly triggered an avalanche on Mount St. Helens, a volcano in southern Washington State. Minutes later, Mount St. Helens blew the top off its peak and exploded into the most devastating volcanic eruption in U.S. history. What caused the eruption? What was left when it ended? What did scientists learn in its aftermath? In this extraordinary photographic essay, Patricia Lauber details the Mount St. Helens eruption and the years following. Through this clear accurate account, readers of all ages will share the awe of the scientists who witnessed both the power of the volcano and the resiliency of life.
Author : James P. Quiring
Release : 1991
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 556/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis In Pictures Mount St. Helens by : James P. Quiring
Download or read book In Pictures Mount St. Helens written by James P. Quiring. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the promise of a landscape in transcription. See how plants and animals survive and flourish in an enviroment that in 1980 appeared to be a lifeless moonscape. This 9" x 12" book is overflowing with beautiful photos and interpretive text on this National Park for your enjoyment.
Author : Carmen Bredeson
Release : 2001
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 524/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Mount St. Helens Volcano by : Carmen Bredeson
Download or read book Mount St. Helens Volcano written by Carmen Bredeson. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of how and why Mount St. Helens erupted in May 1980 and the destruction it caused, and a discussion of the return of life to that area.
Author : Steve Olson
Release : 2016-03-07
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 803/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens by : Steve Olson
Download or read book Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens written by Steve Olson. This book was released on 2016-03-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting history of the Mount St. Helens eruption that will "long stand as a classic of descriptive narrative" (Simon Winchester). For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, sightseers, and nearby residents listened anxiously to rumblings in Mount St. Helens, part of the chain of western volcanoes fueled by the 700-mile-long Cascadia fault. Still, no one was prepared when an immense eruption took the top off of the mountain and laid waste to hundreds of square miles of verdant forests in southwestern Washington State. The eruption was one of the largest in human history, deposited ash in eleven U.S. states and five Canadian providences, and caused more than one billion dollars in damage. It killed fifty-seven people, some as far as thirteen miles away from the volcano’s summit. Shedding new light on the cataclysm, author Steve Olson interweaves the history and science behind this event with page-turning accounts of what happened to those who lived and those who died. Powerful economic and historical forces influenced the fates of those around the volcano that sunny Sunday morning, including the construction of the nation’s railroads, the harvest of a continent’s vast forests, and the protection of America’s treasured public lands. The eruption of Mount St. Helens revealed how the past is constantly present in the lives of us all. At the same time, it transformed volcanic science, the study of environmental resilience, and, ultimately, our perceptions of what it will take to survive on an increasingly dangerous planet. Rich with vivid personal stories of lumber tycoons, loggers, volcanologists, and conservationists, Eruption delivers a spellbinding narrative built from the testimonies of those closest to the disaster, and an epic tale of our fraught relationship with the natural world.
