Return to Spirit Lake: Life and Landscape at Mount St. Helens

Item #: 06543
Author: Christine Colasurdo
ISBN: 9781887853323
$18.95
Return to Spirit Lake: Life and Landscape at Mount St. Helens
Processing...
Sorry, we are currently sold out of 'Return to Spirit Lake: Life and Landscape at Mount St. Helens'. Please check back later.

Product Details


Few natural disasters can match a volcanic eruption for the total destruction of a familiar landscape. Journalist Christine Colasurdo first visited Spirit Lake, which is at the base of Mount St. Helens, in Washington State as a child in 1970. When her parents purchased a cabin there in 1977, Colasurdo planned to make the area her permanent home. The volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980 not only destroyed a beloved setting, but permanently ended Colasurdo's plans for living and working at Spirit Lake. Her work is a graceful blend of personal observations (pre- and post-eruption), scientific documentation of volcanic activity, and the earlier-than-expected regeneration of life and landscape. An active environmentalist, Colasurdo addresses the effects of logging and reseeding in the area. Her book is a testament to the resilience of both landscape and human spirit.
Features: Paperback. 2010. 315 pp. Black and white photos, geologic and human chronologies, glossary, and selected bibliography. 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.75 in.