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

by Jeff Kanipe and Alexandra Witze

Book Overview

Laki is Iceland's largest volcano. Its eruption in 1783 is one of history's great, untold natural disasters. Spewing out sun-blocking ash and then a poisonous fog for eight long months, the effects of the eruption lingered across the world for years. It caused the deaths of people as far away as the Nile and created catastrophic conditions throughout Europe.

Island on Fire is the story not only of a single eruption but the people whose lives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1605986747
• ISBN13: 9781605986746
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.4"