Storm Kings America's First Tornado Chasers

Name: Storm Kings America's First Tornado Chasers
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ISBN: 9780307473585

ISBN-10: 0307473589

ISBN-13: 9780307473585

Edition: 2014

Authors: Lee Sandlin

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With 16 pages of black-and-white illustrationsFrom the acclaimed author of Wicked River comes Storm Kings, a riveting tale of supercell tornadoes and the quirky, pioneering, weather-obsessed scientists whose discoveries created the science of modern meteorology. While tornadoes have occasionally been spotted elsewhere, only the central plains of North America have the perfect conditions for their creation. For the early settlers the sight of a funnel cloud was an unearthly event. They called it the "Storm King," and their descriptions bordered on the supernatural: it glowed green or red, it whistled or moaned or sang. In Storm Kings, Lee Sandlin explores America's fascination with and…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/11/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.99" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English