In 2020, this book was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and was chosen as one of the best books of the year by "The Washington Post", "Booklist", "Library Journal", and the editors at Amazon.
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From the moment European colonists laid violent claim to this land, hurricanes have had a profound and visceral impact on American history—yet no one has attempted to write the definitive account of America’s entanglement with these meteorological behemoths. Now, bestselling historian Eric Jay Dolin presents the five-hundred-year story of American hurricanes, from the nameless storms that threatened Columbus’ New World voyages, to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the escalation of hurricane season as a result of global warming. Populating his narrative with unlikely heroes such as Benito Viñes, the nineteenth-century Jesuit priest whose revelatory methods for predicting hurricanes saved countless lives, and journalist Dan Rather, whose coverage of a 1961 hurricane would change broadcasting history, Dolin uncovers the often surprising ways we respond to natural crises. A necessary work of environmental and cultural history, "A Furious Sky" will change the way we understand the storms on the horizon of America’s future.Selected as a "Must Read" book by the Massachusetts Center for the Book for 2020.
Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction ($50,000 for the winner). Of the 395 titles eligible in the nonfiction category, only six were selected as finalists by the judges.
Editor's Choice, "The New York Times Book Review" (August 16, 2020)
"Washington Post" - 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction for 2020
"Library Journal" - One of the Best Science & Technology Books of 2020
Kirkus Reviews - One of the top 100 nonfiction books of 2020
"Booklist" - 10 Top Sci-Tech Books of 2020
Presenter and author: Eric Jay Dolin is the author of fifteen books, including "Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America", which was chosen as one of the best nonfiction books of 2007 by the "Los Angeles Times" and the "Boston Globe", and also won the 2007 John Lyman Award for U.S. Maritime History. His book "A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes", was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and was chosen as one of the best books of the year by "The Washington Post", "Booklist", "Library Journal", and the editors at Amazon. It was also selected as a "Must Read" book by the Massachusetts Center for the Book for 2020. A graduate of Brown, Yale, and MIT, where he received his PhD in environmental policy. Dolin lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with his family. For more information, please see www.ericjaydolin.com.
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