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In the path of destruction : eyewitness chronicles of Mount St. Helens / Richard Waitt.

Title
In the path of destruction : eyewitness chronicles of Mount St. Helens / Richard Waitt.
Author
Waitt, Richard B.
Publication
Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2014]

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Washington State University. Press publisher.
Description
x, 413 pages; 26 cm
Summary
"The air had no oxygen, like being trapped underwater...I was being cremated, the pain unbearable."--Jim Scymanky. "I was on my knees, my back to the hot wind. It blew me along, lifting my rear so I was up on my hands...It was hot but I didn't feel burned--until I felt my ears curl."--Mike Hubbard. A napping volcano blinked awake in March 1980. Two months later, the mountain roared. Author Richard Waitt was one of the first to arrive following the mountain's early rumblings. A geologist with intimate knowledge of Mount St. Helens, Waitt delivers a detailed and accurate chronicle of events. His eruption story unfolds through unforgettable, riveting narratives--the heart of a masterful chronology that also delivers engrossing science, history, and journalism.
Alternative Title
  • Eyewitness chronicles of Mount St. Helens
  • Eyewitness chronicles of Mount Saint Helens
  • Eyewitness chronicles of Mt. St. Helens
  • Eyewitness chronicles of Mt. Saint Helens
Subject
  • Eruption of Mount Saint Helens (Washington : 1980)
  • 1980
  • Volcanoes > Saint Helens, Mount
  • Volcanic eruptions > Saint Helens, Mount
  • Volcanic eruptions
  • Volcanoes
  • Saint Helens, Mount (Wash.) > Eruption, 1980
  • Washington (State) > Mount Saint Helens
Genre/Form
  • Personal narratives
  • Personal narratives.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The fuse is lit, but we don't know how long it is: Anatomy of crisis -- Let's get the hell out of here! 18 May 1980 -- It's a totally different world: Aftermath.
ISBN
  • 9780874223231
  • 0874223237
LCCN
^^2014019566
OCLC
  • 880418911
  • SCSB-12084362
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library