The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781250012067 (1250012066)
Publish date: February 26th 2013
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
I read mostly fiction books, with some memoirs thrown into the mix. I think that that fact is important to know from the very beginning. I do not read many non fiction books, and even fewer historical books. Because of this, I had a very difficult time getting through this book. I’d read a section o...
Many people have heard about the eruption of Krakatoa in 1888 but when Tambora blew its stack in 1816 it was 10 times more powerful and created a cloud of ash that circled the planet and resulted in abnormally cold conditions across the world.Mostly this book centers on the history of 1816. There’s ...
A fascinating study of the links between meteorology and volcanism. In 1815 Mt. Tambora in Indonesia exploded, sending a massive ash cloud into the stratosphere. By 1816 the cloud had reached the northern hemisphere, dropping temperatures by several degrees. For people in that year it was a time of ...