La Catastrophe by Alwyn Scarth
On May 8, 1902, on the Caribbean island of Martinique, the volcano Mount Pele loosed the most terrifying and lethal eruption of the twentieth century. In minutes, it killed 27,000 people and levelled the city of Saint-Pierre. In La Catastrophe, Alwyn Scarth provides a gripping day-by-day and hour-by-hour account of this devastating eruption, based primarily on chilling eyewitness accounts.Alwyn Scarth has written extensively on volcanology. As a geographer he never forgets the crucial place of the human factor in understanding natural events and their consequences.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781903544112 |
| ISBN 10 | 1903544114 |
| Title | La Catastrophe |
| Author | Alwyn Scarth |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
| Year published | 2002-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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