Storm Kings
By Lee Sandlin
- Release Date: 2013-03-05
- Genre: U.S. History
Description
In Storm Kings, Lee Sandlin retraces America's fascination and unique relationship to tornadoes and the weather. From Ben Franklin's early experiments, to "the great storm debates" of the nineteenth century, to heartland life in the early twentieth century, Sandlin shows how tornado chasing helped foster the birth of meteorology, recreating with vivid descriptions some of the most devastating storms in America's history. Drawing on memoirs, letters, eyewitness testimonies, and numerous archives, Sandlin brings to life the forgotten characters and scientists that changed a nation and how successive generations came to understand and finally coexist with the spiraling menace that could erase lives and whole towns in an instant.
Reviews
Amazing
4By lockhart109It's fascinating to see how little attention was paid to the study of tornadoes. This book goes into great detail of fascinating stories about the people involved through the past 3+ centuries of American life.Great Read
4By KikoDartJust finished this book after finding a review online somewhere. Great story about all the major players and the evolution of tornado science. Not too technical for a nonscientific mind like mine. Great historical facts and insight into the character and history of the players. Interest to me as I was a supervisor in a call center in Ohio the evening of April 3,1974 while still in college. Still recall as a very scary evening. Thoughts for the recent Moore, OK residents.Engaging and Entertaining
5By Wulfpack82While I haven't yet finished this book, so far it has been an engaging and entertaining read. If this book finishes as well as it began, I'll give it five stars.