mount st. helens: the eruption and recovery of a volcano

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In May 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted with a force equivalent to thousands of atomic bombs. In just a few minutes, 234 square miles of forest and lakes were destroyed, and virtually all life on the mountain disappeared.

In the decades since the eruption, the volcano and the blast zone surrounding it have made a remarkable recovery. The 35th anniversary edition of Mount St. Helens: The Eruption and Recovery of a Volcano by Rob Carson (Sasquatch Books; March 2015; $23.95) traces both the catastrophic explosion and the regeneration of this Northwest natural wonder. Over one hundred pages of color photography document the immediate effects of the eruption and the new landscape on display today: from

young forests and lupine meadows filled with elk and pocket gophers to the human elements of roads, bridges and visitors centers that occupy the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. The new edition includes a chapter documenting the 2004 to 2008 eruption, which created unprecedented opportunities for scientists researching the volcano.

Discover the fascinating past, present, and future of this iconic Pacific Northwest mountain in the 35th anniversary edition of Mount St. Helens: The Eruption and Recovery of a Volcano.

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Mount St. Helens35th Anniversary EditionThe Eruption and Recovery of a Volcano

Rob Carson

About the Author

ROB CARSON has been observing and writing about Mount St. Helens since 1980. Hes a senior writer for the News Tribune, where he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in explanatory journalism in 1992. Hes also the author of The Living Mountain, a childrens book about Mount St. Helens, and Masters of Suspension, a book about the Tacoma Narrows Bridges.



Mount St. Helens 35th Anniversary Edition

The Eruption and Recovery of a Volcano Rob Carson

March 2015 $23.95 160 pages Paperback ISBN 978-1-57061-979-3

Available wherever fine books are sold.Sasquatch Books 800/775-0817 www.sasquatchbooks.com

Praise for the 20th anniversary edition of Mount St. Helens: The Eruption and Recovery of a Volcano by Rob CarsonThe book is a rare animal; it contains both intriguing text and exciting photographs, most in full color. It is an invaluable chronicle of how nature rearranges itself. The opening chapters on the eruption and its immediate effects are reason enough to have this book in your library, but the closing chapters on how geology and biology have reasserted themselves in the ensuing years are most fascinating.Statesman Journal

Carsons book is one of many loaded with stunning photos of the mountain blowing up. What sets the book apart, though, was the prose. Carson paints vivid pictures with detail and fact, giving context to this momentous event.The Spokesman-Review

Through historical and eyewitness accounts, scientific analysis and amazing photos, Rob Carsons Mount St. Helens: The Eruption and Recovery of a Volcano, takes us back to the blast of 20 years ago.High Country News

In an instant, the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens changed the surrounding landscape and wreaked an astounding amount of damage. Twenty years later public fascination with the volcano continues unabated. Mount St. Helens . . . updates a decade-old book Carson wrote about the eruption, Chronicling the damage, the recovery and the public attention given the natural disaster.Publishers Weekly



mount st. helens: the eruption and recovery of a volcano

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