And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind: A Natural History of Moving
- Author: Streever, Bill
- Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (2016)
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- Literary Category: Nature - Environmental
- Pages: 320
- Cover Type: H - Hardcover
- Dimensions: 6.000" x 9.500" x 1.200"
- Weight: 18.4oz
- ISBN-10: 0-316-41060-8
- ISBN-13: 978-0-316-41060-1
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A thrilling exploration of the science and history of wind from the bestselling author of "Cold." Scientist and bestselling nature writer Bill Streever goes to any extreme to explore wind--the winds that built empires, the storms that wreck them--by traveling right through it. Narrating from a fifty-year-old sailboat, Streever leads readers through the world's first forecasts, Chaos Theory, and a future affected by climate change. Along the way, he shares stories of wind-riding spiders, wind-sculpted landscapes, wind-generated power, wind-tossed airplanes, and the uncomfortable interactions between wind and wars, drawing from natural science, history, business, travel, as well as from his own travels. AND SOON I HEARD A ROARING WIND is an effortless personal narrative featuring the keen observations, scientific rigor, and whimsy that readers love. You'll never see a breeze in the same light again. Bill Streever wrote the national bestseller "Cold "and the award-winning "Heat. "As a biologist, he has worked on issues ranging from climate change to the restoration of Arctic tundra to underwater noise to the evolution of cave crayfish. With his wife and co-captain, he splits his time between Alaska and their cruising sailboat, currently in Central America.