Title:
Mountain of fire : the eruption and survivors of Mount St. Helens
Author:
Summary:
"Mountain of Fire is the narrative nonfiction story of the violent volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, the story of the people who died, those who survived, and the heroes who fought to raise an alarm. For weeks, the ground around Mount St. Helens shuddered like a dynamite keg ready to explode. There were legends of previou eruptions: violent fire, treacherous floods, and heat that had scoured the area. But the shaking and swelling was unlike any volcano ever seen before. Day and night, scientists tried to piece together the mountain's clues-yet nothing could prepare them for the destruction to come. The long-dormant volcano seethed away, boiling rock far below the surface. Washington's governor, Dixie Lee Ray, understood the despair that would follow from people being forced from their homes. How and when should she give orders to evacuate the area? And would that be enough to save the people from the eruption of Mount St. Helens?"-- Publisher
Audience:
Ages 10-14 Henry Holt Books for Young Readers.
Grades 7-9 Henry Holt Books for Young Readers.
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Author's note -- Characters -- Prologue -- March 20-27, 1980. 59 days before the eruption -- A keg of dynamite -- Late March-May 16, 1980. The one who smokes -- Problems with the press -- Caught in the middle -- An eruption of tourists -- The best of signs, the worst of signs -- The bulge -- Up, out, or down? -- Quiet -- Keep them away -- Verify -- The Toutle River -- A scouting problem -- Saturday, May 17, 1980. Convoy -- At Coldwater II -- On a desk -- The mountain -- May 18, 1980 -- 8:32 a.m. Zero miles: 1,000 feet above the mountain -- Coldwater II: 5 and a half miles from the mountain -- Spirit Lake -- 8 miles north -- 8 miles northwest -- 11 miles north -- 13 miles north: Part 1 -- 13 miles north: Part 2 -- 30 miles southwest -- May 18-19, 1980: Late morning to the next day. 11 miles north -- 17 miles northwest -- About 20 miles northwest -- About 27 miles northwest -- In the air -- In the lab -- Nothing to save -- Flood part 1: South Fork -- Flood part 2: North Fork -- Mount St. Helens -- May 18, 1980 -- May 1980-August 1982. Working through grief -- Blame game -- What now? -- Today. Life, once more -- Mount St. Helens today -- A stethoscope on the volcano -- Epilogue: The story science tells -- Lessons learned.
Physical Description:
xviii, 173 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher:
Henry Holt and Company,
Publication Date:
2024
ISBN:
9781250881656
Publication Information:
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024.
Call Number:
M BARONE