Mighty Storms Of New England
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Author |
: Eric P. Fisher |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2021-10-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781493043514 |
ISBN-13 |
: 149304351X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mighty Storms of New England by : Eric P. Fisher
The New England landscape has long been battered by some of the most intense weather in the United States. The region breeds one of the highest concentrations of meteorologists in the country for a reason. One can experience just about anything except a dust storm. Snowstorms, floods, droughts, heat waves, arctic blasts, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and other atmospheric oddities come and go with the changing seasons. Rare is the boring year of weather. Knowing the past is a critical part of understanding and forecasting the weather. Meteorologist Eric Fisher takes an in depth look at some of the most intense weather events in New England’s history. The stories in this book not only describe the loss and the damage caused by the storms, but also how nearly all of them in left such an impression that they immediately led to progress where new warnings systems were implemented, government agencies formed, and technology accelerated in response to the devastation these events left behind.
Author |
: Stephen Long |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2016-03-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300220889 |
ISBN-13 |
: 030022088X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Thirty-Eight by : Stephen Long
The hurricane that pummeled the northeastern United States on September 21, 1938, was New England’s most damaging weather event ever. To call it “New England’s Katrina” might be to understate its power. Without warning, the storm plowed into Long Island and New England, killing hundreds of people and destroying roads, bridges, dams, and buildings that stood in its path. Not yet spent, the hurricane then raced inland, maintaining high winds into Vermont and New Hampshire and uprooting millions of acres of forest. This book is the first to investigate how the hurricane of ’38 transformed New England, bringing about social and ecological changes that can still be observed these many decades later. The hurricane’s impact was erratic—some swaths of forest were destroyed while others nearby remained unscathed; some stricken forests retain their prehurricane character, others have been transformed. Stephen Long explores these contradictions, drawing on survivors’ vivid memories of the storm and its aftermath and on his own familiarity with New England’s forests, where he discovers clues to the storm’s legacies even now. Thirty-Eight is a gripping story of a singularly destructive hurricane. It also provides important and insightful information on how best to prepare for the inevitable next great storm.
Author |
: Dan Landrigan |
Publisher |
: Down East Books |
Total Pages |
: 329 |
Release |
: 2020-06-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781608939879 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1608939871 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis New England's Hidden Past by : Dan Landrigan
New England is so compact that even casual visitors can sample its diverse history in just a short time. But travelers and residents alike can also pass right by historic buildings, landscapes, and iconic objects without noticing them. New England's Hidden Past presents the region’s history in an engaging new way: through 58 lists of historic places and things usually hidden in plain sight in all six New England states. Pay attention and you’ll find stone structures built by Indians, soaring churches financed by Franco-American millworkers, and public high schools started by colonists when New England was still a howling wilderness. You may have seen them, but you probably don’t know the story behind them. New England's Hidden Past takes readers to the grave sites of revolutionary heroines, Loyalist house museums, as well as, Revolutionary taverns and colonial inns. It takes them to Indian trails, the oldest houses, historic department stores, ghost towns, and Little Italys. Each unique, interesting location or object has a counterpart in the other five New England states. A perfect guide to keep in the car and refer to when traveling New England or planning a trip.
Author |
: Stephen Russell Berry |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2015-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300204230 |
ISBN-13 |
: 030020423X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Path in the Mighty Waters by : Stephen Russell Berry
"This book tells the story of how people experienced the eighteenth-century crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, exploring the transformative journey undertaken by the thousands of Europeans who journeyed in search of a better life. Stephen Berry shows how the ships, on which passengers were contained in close quarters for months at a time, operated as compressed "frontiers," where diverse groups encountered one another and established new patterns of social organization. As he argues that experiences aboardship served as a profound conversion experience for travelers, both spiritually and culturally, Berry reframes the history of Atlantic migrations, giving the ocean and the ship a more prominent role in Atlantic history. The ocean was more than a backdropfor human events: it actively shaped historical experiences by furnishing a dissociative break from normal patterns of life and a formative stage in travelers' processes of collective identification"--
Author |
: Mary Holland |
Publisher |
: Trafalgar Square Books |
Total Pages |
: 1648 |
Release |
: 2018-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781570769115 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1570769117 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Naturally Curious by : Mary Holland
2011 National Outdoor Book Award for Nature Guidebook Are you ready for a black fly bite to get graphic, for a barred owl's call to take on new meaning, and for the life cycle of the eastern newt to suddenly seem complex, beautiful, and intricately bound to the subtle patterns of mysterious underwater landscapes and damp forest floors? Naturalist Mary Holland's new book Naturally Curious promises a walk in the woods will never be the same. Holland leads you through the New England seasons out-of-doors—through the sun, rain, and snow; along roadsides and wetlands; above underground burrows and under treetop nesting sites. With just a turn of the page you'll suddenly know more about the creatures that frequent your backyard or the pond you visit every summer than you ever thought possible. Naturally Curious perfectly melds practical field guide with informal nature literature, providing you the remarkable opportunity to sit back, relax, and learn something fascinating about the natural world around you.
Author |
: J. Peakman |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 276 |
Release |
: 2003-06-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230512573 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0230512577 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mighty Lewd Books by : J. Peakman
Mighty Lewd Books describes the emergence of a new home-grown English pornography. Through the examination of over 500 pieces of British erotica, this book looks at sex as seen in erotic culture, religion and medicine throughout the long eighteenth-century, and provides a radical new approach to the study of sexuality.
Author |
: Dick Cheney |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2015-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781501115448 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1501115448 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Exceptional by : Dick Cheney
A new book by former Vice President and #1 New York Times bestselling author Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney.
Author |
: John Dunton |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 380 |
Release |
: 1867 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015027068546 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis John Dunton's Letters from New-England by : John Dunton
Author |
: John M. Barry |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 554 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:X004092027 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rising Tide by : John M. Barry
The great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America.
Author |
: Edward Rowe Snow |
Publisher |
: Applewood Books |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2005-08-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781933212210 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1933212217 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Storms and Shipwrecks of New England by : Edward Rowe Snow
A classic by Edward Rowe Snow, first published in 1943 and updated in 1944 and again in 1946, Storms and Shipwrecks of New England relates what William P. Quinn calls ""stories of stormy adventure."" Jeremy D'Entremont has provided annotations to Snow's chapters, covering the pirate ship Whidah, the wreck of the City of Columbus, the Portland Gale, the 1938 hurricane, and more, bringing the information about the storms and shipwrecks up to date.