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Year Without Summer : 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History by Nicholas P. Klingaman and William K. Klingaman (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-101250042755
ISBN-139781250042750
eBay Product ID (ePID)167531793
Product Key Features
Book TitleYear Without Summer : 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWeather, Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Modern / 19th Century
Publication Year2014
GenreNature, Science, History
AuthorNicholas P. Klingaman, William K. Klingaman
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight11.4 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Dewey Edition23
Reviews"An engrossing work." - Booklist "Vividly portray[s] the myths and realities of that terrifying season." -James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Battle Cry of Freedom "A book like nothing you've read before." -Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of What Hath God Wrought "Groundbreaking work_ A marvelous book, impossible to put down." -George C. Daughan author of 1812: The Navy's War "An erudite, vivid, and fast-paced narrative." -Clive Oppenheimer, author of Volcanoes, "An engrossing work." - Booklist "Vividly portray[s] the myths and realities of that terrifying season." -James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Battle Cry of Freedom "A book like nothing you've read before." -Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of What Hath God Wrought "Groundbreaking work... A marvelous book, impossible to put down." -George C. Daughan author of 1812: The Navy's War "An erudite, vivid, and fast-paced narrative." -Clive Oppenheimer, author of Volcanoes
Dewey Decimal363.34950959865
SynopsisLike Winchester's Krakatoa, The Year Without Summer reveals a year of dramatic global change long forgotten by history In the tradition of Krakatoa , The World Without Us , and Guns, Germs and Steel comes a sweeping history of the year that became known as 18-hundred-and-froze-to-death. 1816 was a remarkable year--mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption at Mount Tambora in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern U.S. and Europe in the summer of 1816. In the U.S., the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and extensive migration from New England to the Midwest. In Europe, the cold and wet summer led to famine, food riots, the transformation of stable communities into wandering beggars, and one of the worst typhus epidemics in history. 1816 was the year Frankenstein was written. It was also the year Turner painted his fiery sunsets. All of these things are linked to global climate change--something we are quite aware of now, but that was utterly mysterious to people in the nineteenth century, who concocted all sorts of reasons for such an ungenial season. Making use of a wealth of source material and employing a compelling narrative approach featuring peasants and royalty, politicians, writers, and scientists, The Year Without Summer by William K. Klingaman and Nicholas P. Klingaman examines not only the climate change engendered by the volcano, but also its effects on politics, the economy, the arts, and social structures.
