Island on Fire: The Extraordinary Story of a Forgotten Volcano That Changed the World by Alexandra Witze

Island on Fire: The Extraordinary Story of a Forgotten Volcano That Changed the World

Alexandra Witze with Jeff Kanipe

224 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction nature science adventurous fast-paced
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Can a single explosion change the course of history? An eruption at the end of the eighteenth century led to years of climate change while igniting famine, disease, and even perhaps revolution. Laki is Iceland's largest volcano--and its most fears...

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