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- Title
- Wind: How the Flow of Air Has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land
- Author
- Deblieu, Jan
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0395780330
- ISBN 13
- 9780395780336
- Item weight
- 16 ounces
- Dimensions
- 6x1x8
An accomplished science writer offers a captivating examination of the physics of the wind and its enormous impact on the earth, human history, and the human psyche, showing how the collision of molecules can topple an empire. 10,000 first printing.
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About the Author
Jan DeBlieu is the author of Hatteras Journal (1987) and Meant to Be Wild (1991), which was a Nature Book Club main selection and was chosen by the Library Journal as one of the three best natural history books of the year. She has also written for the New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian, Audobon, and Orion, and her essay on the wind, "Onto the Dragon's Mouth," was featured in the inaugural volumn of American Nature Writing. She currently resides in Manteo, North California.
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