{"product_id":"the-last-volcano-a-man-a-romance-and-the-quest-to-understand-natures-most-magnificent-fury","title":"The Last Volcano: A Man  a Romance  and the Quest to Understand Nature's Most Magnificent Fury","description":"\u003cp\u003eRanging from Yellowstone in Wyoming to Mount Pelee in the Caribbean  from Bogoslof and Pavlov in Alaska  to Sakurajima in Japan  and  finally  to the massive volcanoes of Kilauea and Mauna Loa in HawaiiThe Last Volcano reveals the incredible journey of a man on a mission to understand the awesome power of volcanic eruptions. Volcanoes have fascinatedand terrifiedpeople for ages. They have destroyed cities and ended civilizations. John Dvorak  the acclaimed author of Earthquake Storms  looks into the early scientific study of volcanoes and the life of the man who pioneered the field  Thomas Jaggar. Educated at Harvard  Jaggar went to the Caribbean after Mount Pelee exploded in 1902  killing more than 26 000 people. Witnessing the destruction and learning about the horrible deaths these people had suffered  Jaggar vowed to dedicate himself to a study of volcanoes. What followed was fifty years of global travel to eruptions in Italy  Alaska  Central America  Japan and the Pacific. In 1912  he built a small science station at the edge of a lake of molten lava at Kilauea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands  with the goal of solving the mystery of why volcanoes erupt and how they could be predicted. Jaggar found something else at Kilauea: true love. She was Isabel Maydwell  a widowed school teacher who came to Kilauea to restart her life. For more than twenty ears  she and Jaggar ran the science station  living in a small house at the edge of a high cliff that overlooked the lava lake. Maydwell would quickly becoming one of the worlds most astute observers of volcanic activity. Mixed with tales of myths and rituals  as well as the authors own experiences and insight into volcanic activity  The Last Volcano reveals the lure and romance of confronting nature in its most magnificent formthe edge of a volcanic eruption. 8 page B\u0026amp;W image insert\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946130239541,"sku":"ByrdShop_1605989215","price":35.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781605989211.jpg?v=1769925481","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-last-volcano-a-man-a-romance-and-the-quest-to-understand-natures-most-magnificent-fury","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}