A review by namsmommy09
Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens by Steve Olson

informative

3.75

This was the very informative story not only of the eruption of Mt St Helens, but of all the people around it. Lots of details about the Weyerhaeuser family and how they got their start in the Northwest logging industry. How they came to be on that mountain during that time. Many of the fatalities of that day are described, some in detail, so be aware of that detail if you read this book. I just thought it was good for me to know more about the mountain that blew up on my birthday (only four years early!) I loved hearing about all the details of what the scientists were seeing (and feeling) the months and weeks leading up to the eruption. Even the details of the day of the blast were new to me. I've seen pictures and heard my family's stories, but never details like this. It was a book worth listening to for me. 
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