| For Spacious Skies: A Sketchbook of American Weather Contributor(s): Sloane, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 048645097X ISBN-13: 9780486450971 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2006 Annotation: The finest cloud painter of his generation -- and one of Dover's most popular authors -- travels back in time to explore how early American farmers interpreted and embraced weather signs. Combining elements of meteorology and Americana, this charming work features 74 illustrations, including 16 magnificent full-color paintings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Weather |
| Dewey: 551.697 |
| LCCN: 2006046337 |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 8.38" W x 10.86" (0.61 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The finest "cloudscape" painter of his generation, Eric Sloane enjoyed traveling back in time to explore how early American farmers interpreted and embraced weather signs. Examining old records, he learned that most farmers kept daily weather reports, which they referred to year after year to help them decide when to plant, harvest, and perform other farm chores. Combining elements of meteorology and Americana, this book features dozens of Sloane's excellent black-and-white illustrations and sixteen splendid full-color paintings. They complement a text about American weather, and in particular, American skies--from Vermont's swirling clouds and Florida thunderheads to New Mexico cloudscapes and Maine fogs. "You can almost tell where you are by looking upward," he says. In this unique book, he explains why. |