The Weather Factor

Download or read book The Weather Factor written by David Ludlum and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, David Ludlum, America's acknowledged dean of weather history, describes historical weather events and their consequences to society. From the colonists' first encounter with the American climate to the launch of the first weather satellite in space, weather has influenced battles, wars, elections, sports events, balloon launches, airship flights, and many other history-making events. Want to know what part the weather played in ending the Siege in Yorktown? Why President Harrison caught his fatal cold on Inauguration Day? Which was the worst-ever Saturday for football all across the country? This book attempts to answer these questions and many more.