A Hero on Mount St. Helens - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Hero on Mount St. Helens write by Melanie Holmes. This book was released on 2019-05-16. A Hero on Mount St. Helens available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Serendipity placed David Johnston on Mount St. Helens when the volcano rumbled to life in March 1980. Throughout that ominous spring, Johnston was part of a team conducting scientific research that underpinned warnings about the mountain. Those warnings saved thousands of lives when the most devastating volcanic eruption in U.S. history blew apart Mount St. Helens but killed Johnston on the ridge that now bears his name. Melanie Holmes tells the story of Johnston's journey from a nature-loving Boy Scout to a committed geologist. Blending science with personal detail, Holmes follows Johnston through his encounters with Aleutian volcanoes, his work helping the Portuguese government assess the geothermal power of the Azores, and his dream job as a volcanologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Interviews and personal writings reveal what a friend called “the most unjaded person I ever met,” an imperfect but kind and intelligent young scientist passionately in love with his life and work and determined to make a difference.
Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens write by Steve Olson. This book was released on 2016-03-07. Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Truman of St. Helens: The Man and His Mountain
Truman of St. Helens: The Man and His Mountain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Truman of St. Helens: The Man and His Mountain write by Shirley Rosen. This book was released on 2015-08-21. Truman of St. Helens: The Man and His Mountain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At 8:32am, Sunday, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington State with the explosive force of more than 20 million tons of TNT. It remains the most deadly and economically destructive volcanic eruption in the history of the United States. When author Shirley Rosen first heard the news, her immediate thoughts were of her 83-year-old uncle, Harry Truman, who owned the 50-acre Mt. St. Helens Lodge resort on the shores of Spirit Lake. Harry was his given name, but if anyone asked he'd say, "Just call me Truman." Drawing from interviews and memories of working at Truman's lodge, Shirley Rosen tells the story of this salty curmudgeon who became an American folk hero during the eruption of Mount St. Helens. When the mountain gave warnings of impending danger, Truman defiantly refused to leave his home of 55 years. His rugged independence, hard-nosed business sense, and infectious humor embodied the spirit of the nation, capturing its attention and its heart. In the end, the mountain he loved had the final word. Truman's story remains a Northwest original and is forever embedded within the dynamic slopes of Mount St. Helens.
I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 (I Survived #14)
I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 (I Survived #14) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 (I Survived #14) write by Lauren Tarshis. This book was released on 2016-08-30. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 (I Survived #14) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The mountain exploded with the power of ten million tons of dynamite... Eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe has grown up with the beautiful Mount St. Helens always in the background. She's hiked its winding trails, dived into its cold lakes, and fished for trout in its streams. Just looking at Mount St. Helens out her window made Jess feel calm, like it was watching over her somehow. Of course, she knew the mountain was a volcano...but not the active kind, not a volcano that could destroy and kill!Then Mount St. Helens explodes with unimaginable fury. Jess suddenly finds herself in the middle of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. Ash and rock are spewing everywhere. Can Jess escape in time?The newest book in the I Survived series will take readers into one of the most environmentally devastating events in recent U.S. history.
Echoes of Fury
Echoes of Fury - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Echoes of Fury write by Frank Parchman. This book was released on 2005. Echoes of Fury available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is an epic account of volcano Mt. St. Helens' awesome display of raw-throated power; the heartbreak and anger of survivors whose lost loved ones were largely unaware that they were in danger, even 30 miles away; the thrill of scientific discovery; and, ultimately, the recovery of nature and healing of the human body and spirit.
