Displaying 1 of 1 2013 Format: Book Author: Sandlin, Lee. Title: Storm kings : the untold history of America's first tornado chasers / Lee Sandlin. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Pantheon Books, ©2013. Description: xxv, 266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Summary: A riveting tale of the weather's most vicious monster--the supercell tornado--that recreates the origins of meteorology, and the quirky, pioneering, weather-obsessed scientists who helped change America. Subjects: Tornadoes. Storm chasers. Notes: Map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Introduction : Ghost riders -- Prologue : The pillar in the storm -- pt. 1. The thunder house -- The electricians -- A little more of the marvelous -- To treat Master Franklin -- pt. 2. The storm war -- The so-called tornado -- The philosophy of storms -- Under the map -- One dead, one exhausted, one converted -- The finger of God -- pt. 3. Red wind and tornado green -- The great American desert -- The night watch -- Premonitory symptoms -- Violent local storms -- How to escape -- The desert is no more -- The book of failure -- An awful commotion -- pt. 4. The mystery of severe storms -- Canvas and cellophane -- The unfriendly sky -- Visible effects of the invisible -- Epilogue : The wild hunt. LCCN: 2012027314 ISBN: 9780307378521 0307378527 Other Number: 795758120 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 351187 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 551.55 Sandlin Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1