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Tying Down the Wind: Adventures in the Worst Weather on Earth
by Pinder, Eric
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1585420603
- ISBN 13
- 9781585420605
- Seller
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About This Item
Los Angeles, CA, USA: J P Tarcher, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. J P Tarcher, 2000. Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in FINE Condition. Archival protective cover. Answers questions you may have about what triggers changes in weather and how are tornadoes, thunderstorms, heat, waves, and blizzards all related. Experience the excitement of the world's worst weather in the comfort of your own home--on an island off the coast of Texas, in the thin air of the Himalayas, in the icy Antarctic desert, at a farmhouse in New England, and many more. Mount Washington in New Hampshire is this narrative's base, the highest peak in the Northeast, where the Meteorological Observatory is located. 280 pages. Includes Appendix with information on Distances and Weights. Temperature and Temperature Conversions; and a Glossary of Terms. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 2000, J P Tarcher, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013761
- Title
- Tying Down the Wind: Adventures in the Worst Weather on Earth
- Author
- Pinder, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1585420603
- ISBN 13
- 9781585420605
- Publisher
- J P Tarcher
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- METEOROLOGY CLIMATE MOUNT WASHINGTON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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