| Indelible Ink: The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of Americaâ (Tm)S Free Press Contributor(s): Kluger, Richard (Author), Perkins, Tom (Narrated by) |
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ISBN: 1681682400 ISBN-13: 9781681682402 Publisher: HighBridge Audio OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: September 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Political Science | Censorship |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.4" W x 5.4" (0.50 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 provinces, 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. 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Perkins, Tom: - An award-winning audio engineer for over forty years, Tom Perkins has expanded his skills to narrating and has more than sixty titles to his credit. He learned by working with the world's best voice talent during his career, and he continues to engineer a variety of projects.Kluger, Richard: - Richard Kluger won the Pulitzer Prize for Ashes to Ashes, a history of the cigarette industry, and is a two-time National Book Award finalist (for Simple Justice and The Paper). He lives near San Francisco. |