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Streever, Bill,
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Winds
Winds -- History.
Winds -- Social aspects.
Winds -- Economic aspects.
Air.
Atmosphere.
Weather.
Meteorology -- History.
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And soon I heard a r...
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And
soon
I
heard
a
roaring
wind
: a
natural
history
of
moving
air
/ Bill Streever.
by
Streever, Bill,
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016. 2016.
Subjects
Winds
Winds --
History
.
Winds -- Social aspects.
Winds -- Economic aspects.
Air
.
Atmosphere.
Weather.
Meteorology --
History
.
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Summary:
The gnashing teeth of an oncoming storm. Wind-launched missiles and wind-tossed airplanes. Sand dunes and the Dust Bowl, shipwrecks and wind-riding spiders, weather forecasting,
wind
power, windmills, and wars; on page after page of his brisk and fascinating book, Bill Streever reveals
wind
's real nature--and its history-shaping force. Seeking a deep immersion in his subject, Streever will go to any extreme. So, after a three-day course, this novice sailor set out on a vintage fifty-year-old sailboat named after Don Quixote's horse, and sailed east from Texas to Guatemala over 43 days and 1000 miles. How better to explore and experience the winds that built empires, the storms that wrecked them, and the surprising
history
and science of
moving
air
? From
history
's great violent storms to the impacts of weather on life and business, from
wind
's energy to its power to give and destroy life, this is a thrilling read.A
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308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Edition:
First edition.
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551.518 Streever, Bill / And
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