The last volcano
Subtitle: a man, a romance, and the quest to understand nature's most magnificent fury
By: John Dvorak
Edition: First Pegasus Books edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781605989211; 9781681772981
Subjects: Volcanology; Biography; Volcanoes; Volcanologists; Geologists; History
Description: Documents the fifty-year career of Thomas Jaggar, the Harvard-educated volcano science pioneer who founded the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, to share insights into his findings about massive volcanoes in such regions as Yellowstone, Alaska, and Hawaii.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: A city has perished; title: The Bishop's son; title: Yellowstone; title: The Caribbean; title: Champagne; title: Vesuvius; title: Alaska; title: The Pacific world; title: Into the cauldron; title: A dream fulfilled; title: A love lost; title: The school teacher; title: The lava lake; title: Mauna Loa; title: The goddess; title: The last volcano; title: A forgotten legacy.