The Resource Big weather : chasing tornadoes in the heart of America, Mark Svenvold
Big weather : chasing tornadoes in the heart of America, Mark Svenvold
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The item Big weather : chasing tornadoes in the heart of America, Mark Svenvold represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- Following an eccentric band of storm chasers during tornado season, a writer delves deep into our fascination with catastrophic weather. Why is it that devastating weather--and tornadoes in particular--maintain a primal hold on our collective imagination? With his guide Matt Biddle, an Ahab-like veteran storm chaser, Svenvold draws a portrait of a culture enamored by extremes. Along the way, he encounters an assortment of characters out of a Fellini film, a subculture of catastrophilia. At the heart of the excitement are the awe-inspiring events themselves--a tornado that levels a small town, and the look back at the central Oklahoma tornado outbreak that included the single-most destructive tornado in US history
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 289 pages
- Note
- "A John Macrae book."
- Isbn
- 9780805076462
- Label
- Big weather : chasing tornadoes in the heart of America
- Title
- Big weather
- Title remainder
- chasing tornadoes in the heart of America
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark Svenvold
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Following an eccentric band of storm chasers during tornado season, a writer delves deep into our fascination with catastrophic weather. Why is it that devastating weather--and tornadoes in particular--maintain a primal hold on our collective imagination? With his guide Matt Biddle, an Ahab-like veteran storm chaser, Svenvold draws a portrait of a culture enamored by extremes. Along the way, he encounters an assortment of characters out of a Fellini film, a subculture of catastrophilia. At the heart of the excitement are the awe-inspiring events themselves--a tornado that levels a small town, and the look back at the central Oklahoma tornado outbreak that included the single-most destructive tornado in US history
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Svenvold, Mark
- Dewey number
- 551.55/3
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC955.5.U6
- LC item number
- S75 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Tornadoes
- Label
- Big weather : chasing tornadoes in the heart of America, Mark Svenvold
- Note
- "A John Macrae book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-275) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm57193216
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 289 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805076462
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2004060753
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780805076462
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- 786377
- (Sirsi) o57193216
- Label
- Big weather : chasing tornadoes in the heart of America, Mark Svenvold
- Note
- "A John Macrae book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-275) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm57193216
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 289 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805076462
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2004060753
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780805076462
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- 786377
- (Sirsi) o57193216
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