
A Furious Sky
The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
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Eric Jay Dolin
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With A Furious Sky, Eric Jay Dolin has created a vivid, sprawling account of our encounters with hurricanes, from the nameless storms that threatened Columbus' New World voyages to the destruction wrought in Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria. Weaving a story of shipwrecks and devastated cities, of heroism and folly, Dolin introduces a rich cast of unlikely heroes and puts us in the middle of the most devastating storms of the past, none worse than the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, which killed at least 6,000 people, the highest toll of any natural disaster in American history.
Dolin draws on a vast array of sources as he melds American history, as it is usually told, with the history of hurricanes, showing how these tempests frequently helped determine the nation's course. Hurricanes, it turns out, prevented Spain from expanding its holdings in North America beyond Florida in the late 1500s, and they also played a key role in shifting the tide of the American Revolution against the British in the final stages of the conflict. As he moves through the centuries, following the rise of the United States despite the chaos caused by hurricanes, Dolin traces the corresponding development of hurricane science, from important discoveries made by Benjamin Franklin to the breakthroughs spurred by the necessities of World War II and the Cold War.
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- De: Dennis Smith
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
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At 5:12 a.m. on the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by one of the worst earthquakes in history, instantly killing hundreds. This watershed event in American history has never before been told with the richness of historical detail and insight that our foremost historian of fire, Dennis Smith, brings to it in San Francisco Is Burning. Smith cinematically recounts this terrible tragedy through the stories of the people who lived through those terrible days...
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Lessons from history
- De Robert en 03-02-07
De: Dennis Smith
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Fur, Fortune, and Empire
- The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
- De: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 11 h y 57 m
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From the bestselling author of Leviathan comes this sweeping narrative of one of America’s most historically rich industries. Beginning his epic history in the early 1600s, Eric Jay Dolin traces the dramatic rise and fall of the American fur trade industry, from the first Dutch encounters with the Indians to the rise of the conservation movement in the late nineteenth century.
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a compilation of trivia
- De D. Littman en 07-18-10
De: Eric Jay Dolin
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Storm of the Century
- The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
- De: Willie Drye
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 14 h y 17 m
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In 1934, hundreds of jobless World War I veterans were sent to the remote Florida Keys to build a highway from Miami to Key West. The Roosevelt Administration was making a genuine effort to help these down-and-out vets. But the attempt to help them turned into a tragedy. The supervisors in charge of the veterans misunderstood the danger posed by hurricanes in the low-lying Florida Keys. The hurricane that struck the Upper Florida Keys on the evening of September 2, 1935, is still the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the US.
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Better than I expected
- De Jennifer Camp en 07-23-24
De: Willie Drye
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Black Flags, Blue Waters
- The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
- De: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrado por: Paul Brion
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
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Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy's "Golden Age" when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. Best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin illustrates how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes, Dolin provides this wholly original account of these seafaring outlaws.
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Solid read, BUT...
- De K ODell en 07-17-19
De: Eric Jay Dolin
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Eruption
- The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
- De: Steve Olson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
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For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, and ordinary people listened anxiously to rumblings in the long quiescent volcano Mount St. Helens. Still, when a massive explosion took the top off the mountain, no one was prepared. Fifty-seven people died, including newlywed logger John Killian (for years afterward, his father searched for him in the ash), scientist Dave Johnston, and celebrated local curmudgeon Harry Truman. The lives of many others were forever changed.
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Nope
- De Prairie Girl en 05-04-18
De: Steve Olson
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Floodpath
- The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of 20th Century America and the Making of Modern Los Angeles
- De: Jon Wilkman
- Narrado por: Charles Constant
- Duración: 10 h
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Driven by eyewitness accounts and combining urban history with a life-and-death drama and a technological detective story, Floodpath grippingly reanimates the reality behind LA noir fictions like the classic film Chinatown. In an era of climate change, increasing demand on water resources, and a neglected American infrastructure, the tragedy of the St. Francis Dam has never been more relevant.
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Incredible story
- De C. Jackson en 04-07-21
De: Jon Wilkman
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Super Volcanoes
- What They Reveal About Earth and the Worlds Beyond
- De: Robin George Andrews
- Narrado por: Mike Cooper
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
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Super Volcanoes revels in the incomparable power of volcanic eruptions past and present, Earth-bound and otherwise, and explores how these eruptions reveal secrets about the worlds to which they belong. Science journalist and volcanologist Robin George Andrews describes the stunning ways in which volcanoes can sculpt the sea, land, and sky, and even influence the machinery that makes or breaks the existence of life.
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Interesting and fun
- De Lin Waters en 12-11-21
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What Stands in a Storm
- Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
- De: Kim Cross
- Narrado por: Tracy Brunjes
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
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April 27, 2011, marked the climax of a superstorm that saw a record 358 tornadoes rip through 21 states in 3 days, 7 hours, and 18 minutes. It was the deadliest day of the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history, which saw 348 people killed, entire neighborhoods erased, and $11 billion in damage. But from the terrible destruction emerged everyday heroes, neighbors, and strangers who rescued each other from hell on earth.
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Extremely Offensive Narration
- De Tesla Russell en 05-10-17
De: Kim Cross
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The Day the World Ended
- The Mount Pelee Disaster: May 7, 1902
- De: Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan-Witts
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
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In late April 1902, Mount Pelee, a volcano on the Caribbean island Martinique, began to wake up. It emitted clouds of ash and smoke for two weeks until violently erupting on May 8. Over 30,000 residents of St. Pierre were killed; they burned to death under rivers of hot lava and suffocated under pounds of hot ash. Only three people managed to survive: a prisoner trapped in a dungeon-like jail cell, a man on the outskirts of town, and a young girl found floating unconscious in a boat days later.
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Thrilling Account of a Sadly Preventable Disaster
- De Admiralu en 10-17-20
De: Gordon Thomas, y otros
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The Last Volcano
- A Man, a Romance, and the Quest to Understand Nature's Most Magnificent Fury
- De: John Dvorak
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
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Volcanoes have fascinated - and terrified - people for ages. They have destroyed cities and ended civilizations. In this book, John Dvorak, the acclaimed author of Earthquake Storms, looks into the early years of volcanology and its "father", Thomas Jaggar. Jaggar was the youngest of five scientists to investigate the explosion of Mount Pelee in Martinique, which leveled the entire city of St. Pierre and killed its entire population in two minutes.
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Solid recounting of a pivotal volcanologist
- De GeoMap55 en 01-06-23
De: John Dvorak
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The Great Quake
- How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
- De: Henry Fountain
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
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A riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in North American recorded history - the 1964 Alaska earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and swept away the island village of Chenega - and the geologist who hunted for clues to explain how and why it took place.
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Fascinating to hear the full story
- De Debby A Davis en 08-18-17
De: Henry Fountain
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A Voyage for Madmen
- De: Peter Nichols
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, wealth, and glory. For the others, the reward was madness, failure, and death. In this extraordinary book, Peter Nichols chronicles a contest of the individual against the sea, waged at a time before cell phones and electronic positioning systems.
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Not Awesome
- De Shaun G. en 04-23-19
De: Peter Nichols
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre A Furious Sky
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- C.J.H.
- 03-29-23
Fantastic
Listened to it 3 times. Dolin does an incredible job covering centuries worth of hurricane history in America.
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- HL Atkins
- 10-26-20
Must read for coastal residents!
The Furious Sky provides a compelling look at the impact of hurricanes on North America. Every coastal resident and everyone looking to retire in warmer locations should be required to read it. The book is well written. engaging and the reader was perfect.
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- redheadmomx2
- 06-08-24
Dry in some places
Interesting personal stories and tales of very old storms that most people don’t know about.
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- Katharine
- 07-12-24
An interesting historic view.
Not surprisingly the information is weighted towards modern storms but the whole book is genuinely riveting. Surely everyone is an amateur meteorologist and the effects of hurricanes have an impact on all of us whether we live near a coast or not.
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- Kathleen
- 11-27-23
From the 1400’s to present day storms
I loved being in the middle of different time periods learning about horrific storms and the struggle for scientist to predict hurricanes. Maybe the natives that lived in the 1400s in the Caribbean Islands predicted the coming hurricanes best, beware the red skies that turn to black.
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- bethany St Clair
- 05-27-21
It was very though and thought provoking.
It was a look into the past of our weather of which will have a terrible outcome if we sit by and do nothing but also shows how truly powerless we really are to the rules of nature. something we all can learn and live by, should we repeat the past.
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- OceanBlue
- 01-12-25
Not Technically
It was a fantastic story about hurricanes throughout history.
It’s more reflective of people’s life experiences than based on the science and meteorological aspects of the storms. For me one story of misery and heartache is enough. Every chapter was pretty much the same. Again not a bad read but if you are looking for the scientific aspect of hurricanes I would recommend looking elsewhere.
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- James E. Pfeffer
- 07-09-23
Riveting
“A Furious Sky” kept me so enthralled that I finished the book in two days.
The story fascinated me. The pacing kept me interested throughout. And the narrator was masterful. He conveyed gravitas, urgency, and passion.
The author and narrator combined for a wonderful audiobook.
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- Rusty Shackleford
- 09-19-24
political at the end.
leave the politics out of your book on weather. obvious liberal bias regarding Katrina. regurgitating lies and letting local government of the hook.
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- thebreeze
- 03-24-21
Good start but went political at the end.
Started off great and was very factual and intriguing right up to the end were it went toward the left side of politics. And it missed a lot of the hurricanes that hit tje east cost,except for Hurricane Sandy otjer than that it missed Hazel,Hugo,Matthew, and any of the others. Could have been a great book if then would just stuck to weather.
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