Storm
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- Synopsis
- A thrilling, innovative novel about the interplay between nature and humankind by the author of Names on the Land.With Storm, first published in 1941, George R. Stewart invented a new genre of fiction: the eco-novel. California has been plunged into drought throughout the summer and fall when a ship reports an unusual barometric reading from the far western Pacific. In San Francisco, a junior meteorologist in the Weather Bureau takes note of the anomaly and plots &“an incipient little whorl&” on the weather map, a developing storm, he suspects, that he privately dubs Maria. Stewart&’s novel tracks Maria&’s progress to and beyond the shores of the United States through the eyes of meteorologists, linemen, snowplow operators, a general, a couple of decamping lovebirds, and an unlucky owl, and the storm, surging and ebbing, will bring long-needed rain, flooded roads, deep snows, accidents, and death. Storm is an epic account of humanity&’s relationship to and dependence on the natural world.
- Copyright:
- 1947
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781681375199
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781681375182
- Publisher:
- New York Review Books
- Date of Addition:
- 08/17/21
- Copyrighted By:
- George R. Stewart
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Introduction by:
- Nathaniel Rich