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Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Mount St. Helens is a master of disguises, adept at sending out false clues. Can anyone figure out what's going on with this active volcano in Washington State? This illustrated book presents a wealth of easily digested information -- covering underground gases, earthquakes, infrared measurements, bumps on earth's surface, and other factors -- to help the budding Sherlock Holmes crack the case. With sidebars about the latest gadgets and gizmos, youngsters...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Mount Rainier and it's neighboring sister, Mount St. Helens are two of North America's most photographed & explosive volcanoes in the Cascade Volcanic Arc, extending from Southwestern Canada to Northern California. One is an eruption in waiting, while the other is known as the most active volcano in the contiguous United States.
Publisher
Distributed by Total-Content
Pub. Date
[2005?]
Language
English
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In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens leveled 230 square miles, sent 540 million tons of ash and volcanic rock twelve miles into the air, and blasted one cubic mile of earth from the crest of the Cascade Mountain Range. Illustrates the terrifying fury of the most destructive volcanic disaster in American history through aerial photography and survivors' own words. Shows examples of nature's plant and animal recovery seventeen years later. The...
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Series
I survived volume 14
Language
English
Description
On May 18, 1980, eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe and her best friends, Eddie and Sam, are in a forest near Mount St. Helens when the months of wondering whether the volcano will erupt are finally answered--all three are badly burned, but it is up to Jessie to protect the boys as best she can and hope that somebody comes to rescue them.
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English
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Survival narrative meets scientific, natural, and social history in the riveting story of a volcanic disaster. For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, and ordinary people listened anxiously to rumblings in the longquiescent 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...
Author
Publisher
Dillon Press
Pub. Date
[1981]
Language
English
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Describes the events leading up to the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens and the destruction that resulted. Also discusses the general characteristics of volcanoes, why and when they occur, how eruptions can be predicted, and some famous eruptions throughout history.
18) St. Helens
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
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"The true story of the eruption of Mount St. Helens and the men and women whose lives were thrown into chaos when the volcano blew its top, leveling over fifty square miles of virgin forest spewing out a plume of ash and smoke that circled the globe. Art Carney takes on the role of Harry Truman, who refused to let the impending disaster move him from his mountain home, and David Huffman plays the geologist who predicted the eruption. Filmed on location...
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English
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"Takes a local and regional perspective in looking back on the mountain's history, the frenzied days surrounding the eruption, and its aftermath." -The Oregonian In the spring of 1980, Mount St. Helens awoke from a century-long slumber with a series of dramatic changes. Most threatening was a bulge on the side of the snowy peak, pushing steadily outward. Near Spirit Lake, local resident Harry Truman refused to leave his lodge, even as scientists like...
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