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

2.0

The parts of the book that were actually about Mount St. Helens, the scientists who studied it, and the explosion that put it into public consciousness, as well as the parts that were about conservationists who helped preserve the area in the aftermath of the eruption, were interesting. I very much enjoyed reading these parts and learned so much. But so much of the book was about the Weyerhaeuser company and family, the history of the railroad, and logging. The book would have been much better served by excising these things. They were completely unnecessary and really detracted from the story of the volcano.