Displaying 1 of 1 2021 Title: Snow : a history of the world's most fascinating flake / Anthony R. Wood. Author: Wood, Anthony R., 1948- author. Format: Book Publisher, Date: Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2021] ©2021 Description: xii, 244 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm illustration plate System Availability:2 (of 3) Local Availability:2 (of 3) Current Holds: 0 Subjects: Snow. Snow -- United States. Snow -- Forecasting. Snow. Snow -- Forecasting. United States. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: First snows : colonial ambushes -- Snowmen : giants of snow research -- Pax nivalis : when snow was welcome -- Majestic silence : the storm that changed America -- Mighty streams : the co-conspirators of blizzards -- Of bombs and 'flakegate' : when forecasts fail -- Battle of the Titans : the rise of commercial weather -- Westward snow : the great white reservoir -- Making it : the art of man-made snow -- The vanishing : the future of snow. Summary: "The complete story of snow, this is the first book to fully examine snow as a historical, cultural, and scientific phenomenon"-- Provided by publisher. ISBN: 9781633885943 1633885941 Place Hold Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Where is it? More About This Title Librarian's View Map It Displaying 1 of 1
