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Eruption : the untold story of Mount St. Helens Cover Image Book Book

Eruption : the untold story of Mount St. Helens / Steve Olson.

Olson, Steve, 1956- (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393242799
  • ISBN: 039324279X
  • Physical Description: xvii, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-274) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The land -- The warnings -- The conservationists -- The eruption -- The rescues -- The monument -- Decline and renewal -- Epilogue.

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Washington (State)
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Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Burlington Public Library 363.3495 OLSON 2016 39851001279877 Non-fiction Copy hold Available -
La Conner Regional Library 363.34 OLSON 103954 NON FICTION Copy hold Available -
Sedro-Woolley Library ADULT NONFIC 363.34 OLSON 2016 20120001038282 Adult Nonfiction Copy hold Available -
Upper Skagit Library 363.34 OLS 1002244 Nonfiction Copy hold Available -

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